Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.3% 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 @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '20 at 13:00
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 573 64% 504 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.7% Poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.6 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 25.9 29% 37.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ASP600S7-256GM-B 256GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 219 219 219 220 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 411 Write 222 Mixed 211 SusWrite 219 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 35.7 141% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 114 112% 178 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 885GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 117 Write 99 Mixed 66 SusWrite 99.9 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBRH KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBRH 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 58%

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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%

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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	193x
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	99x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	69x
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 $94Bench 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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16