Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 23:20
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 219 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 642 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.7 82% 103 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 99.4 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,179 Write 5,335 Mixed 5,628 1,274% 5,714 MB/s	4K Read 488 4K Write 216 4K Mixed 264 1,192% 323 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 306 234% 320 MB/s
Poor: 79% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4.5TB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 198 199 200 198 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 158 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 197 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 117%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 7TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 166 173 166 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 174 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 170 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.4 236% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GLK64V6H JM1600KLH-8G TS1GLK64V6H JM1600KLH-8G 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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