Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	87.1% 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	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.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 15:12
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 251 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 720 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 146 Parallax 126 112% 137 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 132 Splatting 113 95% 117 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 186 178 167 157 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 413 Write 313 Mixed 282 SusWrite 183 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 42.3 158% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 125 128% 204 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 155 156 159 159 156 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 146 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 157 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 366GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 160 161 163 163 162 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 138 Write 135 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 162 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 72%

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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