Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 20:33
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 99 1-Core 117 2-Core 229 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 613 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3962) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 40.3 37% 43.6 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 36 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 65867619376700 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 473 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 473 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 386373 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 386373 (F2) Unknown 100 100 740753 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21792	56.8% Above average	Read 476 Write 204 Mixed 249 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 13.6 4K Mixed 12.3 62% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 67.1 74% 129 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 71%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 59GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13385 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 110 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 65 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 210600034	104% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 394 Mixed 411 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 41.8 152% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 122 140% 243 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 117GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 195 3158 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13231 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 802 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13233 (C2) HDA temperature 119 103 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 72.3 Write 90.1 Mixed 73.2 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.52 136% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 69%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 110GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 40 Write 40 Mixed 38.8 51% 39.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.21 57% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 24.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 41 98% 41 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 63%

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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	111x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	68x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
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 $45Bench 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	19x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 7,948 samples	16x

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Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16