Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '16 at 17:00
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 252 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 665 73% 575 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 365B) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4709 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 5.08 Parallax 3.47 4% 4.27 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD320 128GB-$92 1,687 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3924759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -64982855177987 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1456 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 123 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 34363015206 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3924759 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3924759 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3924759 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9964 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7039 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7039 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10342	46.9% Average	Read 198 Write 112 Mixed 105 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 12.1 96% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 32.1 45% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 29744808 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 472213 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 131075 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 588840995 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3231 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 77309411363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 107743549587653 (F1) Unknown 100 253 889932170 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47800666204	104% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 173 Mixed 176 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB-$45 4,832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 37GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 88 95192067 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 57 313671209525 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1357 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 673513512 (C2) HDA temperature 40 52 51539607592 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 46 162257941 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 61 214 39	31.7% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 52.1 Mixed 44.3 39% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.26 62% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 40%
Generic USB3.0 Device 3TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 564GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 25.7 Mixed 12.2 27% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 63% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GLK64V6H 2x8GB 1,052 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 61%

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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	423x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	216x

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 $55Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	60x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	26x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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