Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H  (all builds)
Memory4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150420
Uptime12.8 Days
Run DateMay 26 '20 at 20:23
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Memory 94.8
1-Core 115
2-Core 235
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 660
64% 527 Pts
64-Core 629
39% 629 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 168
Reflection 187
Parallax 194
137% 183 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 178
Splatting 125
115% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z22000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 185 203 200 201 199 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
63.3% Good
Read 438
Write 198
Mixed 148
SusWrite 194
54% 244 MB/s
4K Read 24.5
4K Write 73.3
4K Mixed 10.9
90% 36.2 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 200
DQ Mixed 77.3
89% 151 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 63.3%
Great: 78%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
291GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 72 71 71 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
53.3% Above average
Read 114
Write 105
Mixed 60
SusWrite 71.5
64% 87.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 53.3%
Great: 69%
WD easystore 25FB 12TB
10TB free, PID 25fb
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 199 200 199 207 200 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Read 212
Write 219
Mixed 187
SusWrite 202
280% 205 MB/s
4K Read 7.4
4K Write 3.7
4K Mixed 3.3
266% 4.8 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 103%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
36.7% Below average
MC Read 12.9
MC Write 12.1
MC Mixed 9.7
33% 11.6 GB/s
SC Read 9.7
SC Write 12.3
SC Mixed 11.9
32% 11.3 GB/s
Latency 57.6
69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 36.7%
Great: 40%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97M-D3H Builds (Compare 777 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $589
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