Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.7% 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	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 20:11
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 184 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 365 45% 343 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 36.2 26% 32.6 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 32.5 30% 37.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Biwin SSD 128GB 1,868 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1026A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 129 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 0 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 61 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1024 (EB) Unknown 100 100 1167 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1195793 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1049519	65.8% Good	Read 502 Write 147 Mixed 227 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 19.2 112% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 19.3 34% 64 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 90%
Seagate ST3750330NS 750GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 470GB free Firmware: NA02 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 144502099 (03) Spinup time 99 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4512875165 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 487 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295098375 (BD) vendor-specific 41 41 59 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 437583898 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 73014444058 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 51 144502099 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	29.8% Poor	Read 23.3 Write 80 Mixed 33.4 34% 45.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.46 108% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.3 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9.7 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 69%

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

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	111x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	69x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	33x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 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: $539

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16