Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.3% 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	109% 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	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 19:53
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 512 68% 507 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 118 Parallax 112 95% 115 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 177 144 152 139 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 435 Mixed 369 SusWrite 170 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.5 214% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 271 204% 272 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 17GB free Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 198 160 210 164 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 271 Mixed 279 SusWrite 187 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 45.4 174% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 160 145% 222 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 91%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 19GB free Firmware: DC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 225 272 258 249 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 276 Mixed 276 SusWrite 236 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 43.3 169% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 162 151% 233 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 283GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 152 152 155 155 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 163 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 152 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x4GB 3,982 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 23.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 64%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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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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Value: 60% - Good

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