Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Boot Drive	91.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 21:38
Run Duration	371 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.1 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 20.1 2-Core 34.5 13% 27.3 Pts	4-Core 56.8 8-Core 45 7% 50.9 Pts	64-Core 78.9 5% 78.9 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 40.7 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 43.2 33% 42.8 fps	Gravity 62.8 Splatting 53.9 51% 58.4 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12137 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1019 (B1) Unknown 89 89 222 (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 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 65730395530	91.4% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 406 Mixed 418 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 36.5 132% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 61.4 65% 108 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 124%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 320GB-$59 5,970 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 267GB free Firmware: GM3OA57A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 83 0 (02) Throughput performance 126 100 170 (03) Spinup time 115 100 25791693133 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4922 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7001 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7001 (C2) HDA temperature 187 127 201864445984 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40.5% Average	Read 69.8 Write 71.3 Mixed 69.3 53% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.38 92% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 46%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 67.4 Write 63 Mixed 50.1 76% 60.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.16 54% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - RAM benchmark error
Poor: 46% Great: 103%

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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	110x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x
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 $54Bench 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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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $543

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