Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '20 at 20:11
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4330-$140 6,343 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 80.8 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 140 57% 94.4 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 244 30% 230 Pts	64-Core 230 14% 230 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7790 8,590 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2269) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 12.101.2.0 Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 28.2 19% 26.3 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 20.3 18% 21.9 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 260 201 221 215 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 365 Write 324 Mixed 274 SusWrite 204 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 21.5 84% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 262 205% 281 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 296GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 117 115 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 162 Write 133 Mixed 72 SusWrite 121 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 17GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 98 96 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 117 Write 53.8 Mixed 66 SusWrite 99.2 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 113%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 42GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 104 92 94 94 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 98.8 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 6,144 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 15.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 86%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	110x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	33x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 7,948 samples	16x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $543

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