Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	101% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '20 at 20:44
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 (78^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 644 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% MSI(1462 3816) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.3 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 143 Parallax 190 108% 155 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 91.2 91% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$100 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 588GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 242 74 80 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 442 Mixed 400 SusWrite 162 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.4 183% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.8% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z97M-D3H Builds (Compare 787 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	197x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	157x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	100x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	69x
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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

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