Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	155% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '22 at 22:28
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 385 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 519 525 502 505 505 511 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 622 Write 523 Mixed 562 SusWrite 511 125% 554 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 72 222% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 345 340% 547 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 277%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 820GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 109 108 110 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 108 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.1% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.1 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 59%

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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-Z97-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,551 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	429x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	330x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	217x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	169x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	117x

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	67x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	62x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	26x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16