Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.9% 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	116% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '18 at 13:37
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 589 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 86.2 53% 72.1 fps	MRender 63.6 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 52.8 47% 58.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 288 287 291 292 290 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 454 Mixed 360 SusWrite 303 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 60 206% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 325 246% 330 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 173 171 174 174 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 143 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 172 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 176 193 195 195 188 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 80.4 Write 162 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 185 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 188GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 123 122 124 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 109 Write 71.3 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 123 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 36GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 8.4 8.6 22 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 25.7 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 12.6 28% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.9 73% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Performance DDR3 1600 C9 3x2GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 55%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 9%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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