Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '18 at 17:15
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 681 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 81.5 65% 82.7 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 68.5 60% 74.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128S3C 128GB 3,097 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 94 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 468 Mixed 428 SusWrite 113 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 50 181% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 224 196% 290 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 92%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 43GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 214 212 210 210 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 494 Mixed 358 SusWrite 235 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 63.6 224% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 329 257% 354 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 301 301 300 301 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 494 Mixed 412 SusWrite 315 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 66.2 230% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 245GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 86 87 88 87 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 86 Write 47.8 Mixed 29 SusWrite 86.1 45% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 61%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 754 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 11 12 11 11 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.24% Terrible	Read 24.2 Write 2.5 Mixed 4 SusWrite 11.1 11% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 36% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.24% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 984 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 25.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 25.3 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 46.8 86% 46.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 89%

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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 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	423x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	216x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	26x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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