Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.6% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '20 at 13:03
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 222 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 665 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 108 Parallax 131 98% 119 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 106 Splatting 95.4 98% 124 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 170 161 161 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 371 Write 176 Mixed 235 SusWrite 160 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 45.4 174% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 121 110% 169 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%
WDC WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TB 39,874 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 87GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 359 428 442 446 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 464 Mixed 389 SusWrite 391 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 55.7 199% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 252 217% 322 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 115%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 931GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 342 404 416 419 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 451 Mixed 405 SusWrite 370 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 27.5 149% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 37.7 91% 185 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 111GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 127 128 113 105 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 160 Write 140 Mixed 102 SusWrite 121 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 224% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 3,010 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 781GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		4K Read 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	423x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	216x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	26x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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 $40	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