Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	93.2% 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	80.1% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 03:41
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	40.5% Average	Memory 59.2 1-Core 28.9 2-Core 70.4 34% 52.8 Pts	4-Core 135 8-Core 98 16% 116 Pts	64-Core 30 2% 30 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 137 Parallax 132 93% 128 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 40 39 40 42 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 401 Write 412 Mixed 352 SusWrite 52 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 43.6 152% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 235 197% 286 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 57GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 146 151 150 151 148 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 35.4 Write 37.7 Mixed 44 SusWrite 149 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 109%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 46GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 86 84 88 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 95.3 Write 96.8 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 85 112% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866 2x8GB 1,300 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 4.2 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 70%

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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 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	424x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	217x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	26x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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