Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.1% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 10:41
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 461 59% 448 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 182 Parallax 166 131% 170 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 168 Splatting 117 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 71 71 72 94 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 219 Write 178 Mixed 150 SusWrite 79 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 31.2 128% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 96.7 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 144 110% 146 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 227GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 71 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 77.7 Write 73.6 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 70.8 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 27.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 25.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

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	99x
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 $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16