Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 11 '16 at 03:54
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 417 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 72 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 72.9 59% 73.1 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 57.6 54% 67.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 240GB-$110 2,356 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 26GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7364 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81771344 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 49 (D2) Unknown 100 100 2 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3965 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6828 (F9) Unknown 100 100 194209569	107% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 477 Mixed 491 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 30.9 140% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 81.9 138% 267 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 831GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 87 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4391 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 80 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 170 Mixed 150 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.35 116% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 0420 DDR3 1600G 0420 DDR3 2000G 0420 DDR3 2000G 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.8% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 61%

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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	68x

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 $49Bench 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 $269	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 $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