Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H  (all builds)
Memory2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150421
Uptime2.4 Days
Run DateJul 01 '19 at 05:19
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
76% Very good
Memory 93
1-Core 104
2-Core 214
79% 137 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 339
46% 341 Pts
64-Core 354
22% 354 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
63.6% Good
Lighting 80.1
Reflection 78.5
Parallax 67.9
65% 75.5 fps
MRender 71.5
Gravity 73
Splatting 75
60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 63.6%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40
41GB free
Firmware: X31200RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 207 214 217 193 179 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Read 459
Write 300
Mixed 235
SusWrite 210
67% 301 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 32.7
139% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 284
DQ Mixed 176
170% 270 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 90 93 134 143 141 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 101
Write 104
Mixed 66.3
SusWrite 117
71% 97.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.6% Below average
MC Read 10.6
MC Write 10.5
MC Mixed 9.7
29% 10.3 GB/s
SC Read 9.1
SC Write 10.2
SC Mixed 9.9
28% 9.73 GB/s
Latency 62.1
64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 32.6%
Great: 64%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97M-DS3H Builds (Compare 488 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $539
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HDDRAMUSB
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