Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive98.2% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 27 '21 at 06:31
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.7% Excellent
Memory 92.6
1-Core 127
2-Core 260
89% 160 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 685
72% 576 Pts
64-Core 675
42% 675 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 89.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.3% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 145
Parallax 136
105% 137 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 144
Splatting 0.1
62% 87.2 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk S4 1024GB
452GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4140000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 254 289 288 278 280 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
98.2% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 397
Mixed 236
SusWrite 282
77% 346 MB/s
4K Read 33.4
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 43.2
161% 60.3 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 248
DQ Mixed 213
179% 262 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 98.2%
Great: 97%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
60.9% Good
MC Read 21.4
MC Write 22
MC Mixed 18.4
59% 20.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 23.3
SC Mixed 20.6
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 63
64% 63 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 60.9%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97M-D3H Builds (Compare 784 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $589
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