Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '21 at 03:22
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 542 62% 484 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.6% 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) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 7.1 3% 4.53 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SS 1TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 630GB free Firmware: 4150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 363 270 331 368 372 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 480 Mixed 386 SusWrite 351 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 56.8 210% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 58.9 124% 255 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 120%
Maxtor STM380815AS 80GB 875 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 34 39 40 44 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 42.3 Mixed 29 SusWrite 38.6 28% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 42%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 225GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 131 130 131 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 97.5 Write 98.3 Mixed 75 SusWrite 131 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 108%
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016)-$85 2,089 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 249GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 96 96 96 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 94.8 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 95.8 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 104%
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016)-$85 2,089 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 481GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 113 113 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 127 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 113 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 104%
Seagate ST31000525SV 1TB-$155 2,311 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 224GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 81 81 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 89.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 81.1 58% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 70%
Kingston DTR30G2 64GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 32GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 83 51 81 28 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 138 Write 50.2 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 64.5 74% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.9 74% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 43%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 7.9 7.7 8.2 7.2 8.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	2.93% Terrible	Read 7.3 Write 1.5 Mixed 6 SusWrite 7.6 7% 5.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.93% Great: 7%
Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 USB 2.0 16GB-$8 3,010 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 10GB free, PID 1642 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 5.1 5.4 5.7 5.3 5.2 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.78% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 8.3 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 5.3 12% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.78% Great: 9%
SAMSUNG HM160HC 160GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 3GB free, PID 6204 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 32 32 33 32 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 34 Write 30.2 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 32.2 41% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-079.A00LF 2x8GB 847 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z97M-DS3H Builds (Compare 492 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	113x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	69x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	56x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	33x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $40Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	20x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 7,948 samples	16x

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Total price: $543

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