Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 15:36
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 432 50% 389 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 61.1 55% 65.3 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 58.7 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 447 Mixed 341 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 50 172% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 227 204% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 140 144 142 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 155 Write 147 Mixed 90.3 SusWrite 141 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.4 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 63%

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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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Typical GA-Z97-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,534 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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