Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H  (all builds)
Memory28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150420
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 11 '19 at 13:16
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Memory 91.5
1-Core 112
2-Core 216
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 597
60% 488 Pts
64-Core 594
37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615
Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
67.1% Good
Lighting 83
Reflection 83.6
Parallax 64.9
68% 77.2 fps
MRender 79.2
Gravity 85.4
Splatting 78.3
66% 81 fps
Poor: 68%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 83%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
928GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 146 155 141 38 145 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
49% Average
Read 49
Write 38.5
Mixed 14
SusWrite 122
40% 56 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.5
71% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 49%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Transcend JM1600KLH-8G TS1GLK64V6H TS1GLK64V6H JM1600KLH-8G 32GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
56.8% Above average
MC Read 21.4
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 16.4
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 18.7
SC Mixed 17.8
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 64.9
62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97M-D3H Builds (Compare 777 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $589
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