Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 12:55
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 129 2-Core 215 85% 146 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 663 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% MSI(1462 C411) CLim: 1565 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 82.3 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 95.8 67% 85.9 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 61.7 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 177 190 191 189 192 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 354 Write 275 Mixed 320 SusWrite 192 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 33.4 130% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 196 167% 242 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 102%
Braveeagle 240GB 240GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: R1008A SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 226 148 149 148 148 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 363 Mixed 385 SusWrite 201 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42 158% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 110 128% 218 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 207 212 214 212 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 164 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 210 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	110x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	33x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 7,948 samples	16x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $543

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 $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