Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% 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 Drive	91% 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 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '21 at 14:30
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 194 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 582 63% 499 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 117 Parallax 120 92% 117 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 109 Splatting 104 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 274 179 179 152 128 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 370 Mixed 331 SusWrite 198 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 43.9 153% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 82.7 107% 193 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 103%
WD WD10JPVX-22JC3T0 1TB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 149GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 93 93 92 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 98 Write 98.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 92.6 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 63%
ULT-Best FX-D0002. HDD 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 300GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 77.5 Write 53.8 Mixed 49 SusWrite 79.8 86% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	113x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 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 $53Bench 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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