Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '22 at 20:13
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 99.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 644 62% 513 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% PowerColor(148C 2418) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 142 Parallax 251 102% 172 fps	MRender 226 Gravity 126 Splatting 198 150% 183 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 116%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Netac 120GB 120GB 1,949 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: U0510A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 174 28 47 49 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 456 Write 369 Mixed 351 SusWrite 95.8 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 21.7 97% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 37.6 86% 172 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 33.6 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 35.7 112% 35.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	192x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

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Total price: $589

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