Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 02:58
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 543 57% 456 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 48.5 Parallax 43.2 41% 47.2 fps	MRender 43.4 Gravity 45.1 Splatting 39.7 35% 42.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 373 368 375 361 361 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 483 Mixed 442 SusWrite 355 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 64.9 216% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 352 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 129%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 276GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 62 60 62 63 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 58.4 Write 53.4 Mixed 48 SusWrite 61.3 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 59%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 547GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 79 78 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 93.6 Mixed 100 SusWrite 78.1 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 D3-1600 4x4GB 242 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.7% 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 9%

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Desktop 73%

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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 $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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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