Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '21 at 22:25
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 681 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 76.6 63% 80.5 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 68.1 60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP4512G 512GB 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 682 533 512 508 516 507 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 571 Write 621 Mixed 595 SusWrite 543 132% 582 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 37.5 154% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 291 259% 408 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 286%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 49GB free Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 956 Write 1,139 Mixed 1,014 232% 1,036 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 73.6 243% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,085 DQ Write 800 DQ Mixed 965 715% 950 MB/s
Poor: 150% Great: 298%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 26GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 100 102 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 61.8 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 100 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 30GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 142 142 142 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 102 Write 78.1 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 141 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 112%
Apricorn SATAWire 240GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 106GB free, PID 0040 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 40.1 Write 38.2 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 42.9 55% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 14.2 1,206% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 12.6 DQ Write 20.7 DQ Mixed 15.3 1,271% 16.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,755 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 73%

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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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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	428x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	217x

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 $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	61x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16