Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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	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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '21 at 19:15
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 85.7 2-Core 162 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 359 37% 300 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.44% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 7.2 3% 4.5 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.44% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 2425 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 88.9 Parallax 80.6 78% 88.3 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 72.7 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 411 420 419 279 276 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 318 Mixed 327 SusWrite 366 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 39.2 144% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 247 209% 303 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 527GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 195 195 190 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 143 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 194 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,966 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 16 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.5% 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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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	428x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	217x

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 $53Bench 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	61x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16