Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.3% 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	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '20 at 14:05
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690S-$141 2,142 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 190 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 337 40% 309 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2774) 3GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 51 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 64.1 42% 49.6 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 52.4 Splatting 42.4 35% 42.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 123 111 98 96 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 385 Write 132 Mixed 179 SusWrite 107 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 23.4 110% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 116 84% 109 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 6GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 430 Mixed 320 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43 149% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 154 165% 277 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 88GB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 54 60 58 58 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 79.4 Write 64.2 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 57.7 46% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 939 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 0821 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 137 137 136 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 127 Write 141 Mixed 20.1 SusWrite 136 140% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 3,104 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.8% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 10 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.8% 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 8%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	111x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	68x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
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 $45Bench 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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Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16