Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.9% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 11:37
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 (87^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 441 56% 427 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% MSI(1462 8D92) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.9% Below average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 64.9 Parallax 38.5 41% 51.1 fps	MRender 42 Gravity 51.5 Splatting 46.5 38% 46.7 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 15 28 50 50 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 17.9 Write 27.3 Mixed 22.4 SusWrite 37.9 20% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 202GB free Firmware: 1003YAM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 34 34 33 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 6 Write 12 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 36.7 11% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 49% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 694GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 88 95 93 96 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 95.9 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 92.5 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 0423 Team-Elite-1600 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.5 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 11.2 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 61%

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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 $134	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