Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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 Drive	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161006
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 21:19
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 195 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 535 54% 439 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 172 Parallax 179 137% 173 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 183 Splatting 121 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron GTX 120GB-$79 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 116 118 119 117 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 283 Write 294 Mixed 216 SusWrite 126 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 29.6 124% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 169 154% 237 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 95%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 138GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 95 54 111 96 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 316 Write 290 Mixed 20 SusWrite 90.7 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 15.2 62% 134 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 454GB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 134 135 135 134 137 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 131GB free Firmware: 1AN10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 98 97 95 103 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 46.4 Write 71.7 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 98.7 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 799GB free Firmware: 1AN10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 81 87 85 90 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 79.9 Write 88.7 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 86.3 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 59%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 453GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 152 152 151 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 174 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 153 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,474 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 17.2 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 62%

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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%

Battleship

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 $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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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 $177	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