Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '16 at 22:48
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 122 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 491 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 490 30% 490 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% EVGA(3842 1372) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 15.9 Reflection 18 Parallax 14.2 13% 16.1 fps	MRender 21.5 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 18.7 15% 18.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 418 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (64) Unknown 100 100 1122432 (65) Unknown 100 100 279264 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 113 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 337 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1354 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 193274773538 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2007 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1150 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1768 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3016 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3	58.5% Above average	Read 471 Write 255 Mixed 129 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 8.64 70% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 5.39 29% 62.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 73GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4298902 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -134380936751719 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1972 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 818 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 63 73018572829 (C2) HDA temperature 29 63 73018572829 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4298902 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4298902 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4298902 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7777 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8982 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8982 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11806	67.8% Good	Read 499 Write 155 Mixed 232 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 13 108% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 10.9 51% 116 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 866GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 175 6908 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4484 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3216 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 708 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 238703 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 65496 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 12 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 7	49.9% Average	Read 102 Write 71.9 Mixed 64.3 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 647GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3237 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2625 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 722 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2514 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 168 Mixed 153 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.27 94% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 186GB free Firmware: FH100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 93.3 Mixed 90.2 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.39 98% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	192x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

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Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16