Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	11.4 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 12 '21 at 19:10
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 452 52% 404 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% 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)	3.39% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 6.9 3% 4.43 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.9 4% 5.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.39% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 2425 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.8% Good	Lighting 89.2 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 78.5 73% 85 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 72.4 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 413 378 384 410 411 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 423 Mixed 322 SusWrite 393 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 35.5 137% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 252 212% 306 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 538GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 189 184 188 188 190 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 129 Write 104 Mixed 79 SusWrite 188 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.8% 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 below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.8% 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	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 $46Bench 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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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