Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.1% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '17 at 14:30
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 248 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 499 66% 498 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 1775 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 95.5 56% 78.3 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 65.3 Splatting 57.2 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5012 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1734 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 233 (A9) Unknown 100 100 162 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 118 (AE) Unknown 100 100 135 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 37 158914183197 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 861 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15420 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9801 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5379 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	55.1% Above average	Read 419 Write 251 Mixed 271 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 12.3 71% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 12.2 20% 35.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 4 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 99 (03) Spinup time 142 142 34385035685 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5993 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2740 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5995 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5995 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 158914183201 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 51% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 74 (03) Spinup time 142 142 34385035686 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2740 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6593 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 158914248736 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 51% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 25.7 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 24.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 80%

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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%

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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) $29	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