Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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	107% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 12:18
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 below expectations (39^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 655 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 4008) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 145 Parallax 156 126% 152 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 107% 135 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 264 239 241 116 108 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 458 Mixed 387 SusWrite 223 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 56.2 187% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 353 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Asmt 2115 1TB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 931GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 322 337 349 346 347 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 400 Write 377 Mixed 354 SusWrite 335 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 29.6 94% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 121 90% 120 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 76%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 1TB 4,980 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 268GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 347 365 375 373 372 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 388 Write 391 Mixed 282 SusWrite 362 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 28 91% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 67.8 63% 97.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 1315 BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns

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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%

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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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 $179	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