Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.3% 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	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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '24 at 15:38
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 188 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 562 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.23 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.5% Very good	Lighting 84.7 Reflection 88.5 Parallax 97 69% 90.1 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 86.8 Splatting 78.5 76% 95.7 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 131 126 123 140 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 403 Write 377 Mixed 299 SusWrite 160 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 38.1 123% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 354 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 57GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 81 112 114 109 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 95.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 91.3 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX318C10F/8 KHX1866C10D3/8G HX318C10F/8 KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 45: 0P 5R 6G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
45%	76%	17	172	8	60	34.1"	2560 1017	GSM76FA LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	428x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	217x

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 $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	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	61x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	26x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16