Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	80.9% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '17 at 13:42
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 129 2-Core 239 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 695 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gainward(10B0 0FC8) 2GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	8% Terrible	Lighting 9.3 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 9.62 8% 9.15 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 11.7 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 272GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,379 Write 1,028 Mixed 1,037 255% 1,148 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 49 208% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 455 DQ Mixed 220 245% 417 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 302%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 240GB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 772 Write 202 Mixed 289 91% 421 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 12.1 94% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 58.7 93% 182 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 117%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB 828 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 899GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 318 Write 23.6 Mixed 50.1 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 159%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 784GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 108 Write 117 Mixed 79 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.54 170% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%
FLASH Drive SM_USB20 0GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	6.7% Terrible	Read 15.4 Write 8.92 Mixed 10.4 14% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.38 4K Write 0.18 4K Mixed 0.18 43% 2.91 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.7% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 4x8GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 19.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	192x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	99x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $589

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16