Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '17 at 14:27
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$62 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 406 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.76% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.58 Parallax 6.81 3% 5.77 fps	MRender 6.71 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.91 5% 5.66 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.76% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4939229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -95142115526334 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1567 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 425 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 43 38657523742 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 38657523742 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4939229 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4939229 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4939229 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9997 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6346 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6346 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8532	37% Below average	Read 160 Write 78.8 Mixed 91.3 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 4.61 79% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 86.3 DQ Write 91.4 DQ Mixed 5.36 27% 61 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 73%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 361GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 179 1775 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1354 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 379 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 977 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.7% Excellent	Read 145 Write 154 Mixed 154 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.32 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 104%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101M 1TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 749GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	39% Below average	Read 93.7 Write 91.6 Mixed 83 114% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.4 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 8.97 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 9.1 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 70%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	192x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

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Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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