Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	12.4 Days
Run Date	May 18 '17 at 14:55
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 224 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 660 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3540 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 890GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 133 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1672 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1193 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 51257 (C2) HDA temperature 104 96 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 147 Mixed 138 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.28 102% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 85%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 532GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 158 6841 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3161 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9744 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.5% Average	Read 82 Write 76.4 Mixed 77.5 59% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 51%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 516GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 8325 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15502 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3024 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 375 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 490463 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.7% Average	Read 78 Write 63.7 Mixed 66 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 134 3650 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7595 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1158 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 145004 (C2) HDA temperature 105 92 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.7% Good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 111 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.19 87% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 85%
WD Elements 10B8 1.5TB 2,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 164GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 53.5 Write 64.4 Mixed 48.4 72% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 43%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 381 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0245 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.72% Terrible	Read 24.9 Write 5.72 Mixed 9.06 13% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.08 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.66 70% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.72% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB 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	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 65%

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $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