Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '20 at 15:17
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 106 2-Core 212 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 400 52% 394 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 68.4 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 60.6 56% 65.5 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 63 Splatting 53.8 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,962 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN059 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 241 289 290 254 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 134 Mixed 247 SusWrite 266 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 42.5 147% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 152 154% 247 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 440 Write 63.5 Mixed 104 43% 202 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 35.5 130% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 171 143% 216 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Lacie P9220 1TB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 37GB free Firmware: 1053 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 61 74 57 64 61 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 80.2 Write 55 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 60.4 45% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 64%

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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 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16