Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.4 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 15:17
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 758 79% 633 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 78% 104 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 102 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 288 282 279 280 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 496 Mixed 380 SusWrite 269 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 68 235% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3D 2TB-$189 1,834 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 1.5TB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 428 479 482 480 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 491 Mixed 378 SusWrite 426 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 54.4 191% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 275 227% 325 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 661GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 157 157 155 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 159 Mixed 109 SusWrite 155 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 73%

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

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Gaming 9%

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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	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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16