Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 19:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 631 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2062) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 111 Parallax 108 91% 110 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 100 Splatting 83.1 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 472 Mixed 376 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58 198% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 354 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 64GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 382 387 387 385 389 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 484 Write 254 Mixed 278 SusWrite 384 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 28.5 110% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 155 126% 183 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 86%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 59GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 83 78 85 83 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 89.7 Write 85 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 80 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 86%

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Typical GA-Z97M-D3H Builds (Compare 777 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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