Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.96% 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	80.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '19 at 05:25
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 753 80% 637 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 1287) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	6.96% Terrible	Lighting 8.63 Reflection 7.88 Parallax 9.12 7% 8.55 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 7.17 7% 8.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.96% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 202 207 212 212 210 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 292 Write 155 Mixed 276 SusWrite 200 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 41.3 153% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 160 136% 200 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 847GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 101 101 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 99.1 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.2% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 10.9 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 72%

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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%

Tree trunk

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 $109Bench 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 $273	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 $45	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16