Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	55.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 08:41
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 601 66% 519 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.16 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 10.9 12% 13.5 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 13.6 Splatting 15.6 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 240GB-$123 2,261 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2021 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 588 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983090 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2209	55.9% Above average	Read 514 Write 67 Mixed 432 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 11.6 81% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 58.2 DQ Mixed 11.5 51% 123 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 425GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 120 120 12897353919 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1557 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1557 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 171799674909 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 184 Mixed 163 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 63%

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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 $46Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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