Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	138% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '19 at 12:27
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 415 48% 373 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 124 Parallax 126 111% 129 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 125 Splatting 99.7 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 213 225 222 366 555 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 609 Write 489 Mixed 406 SusWrite 304 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62 199% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 1,033 691% 829 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 393%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 55GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 69 69 68 69 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 360 Write 75.2 Mixed 122 SusWrite 67.8 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 21.2 79% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 54.5 DQ Write 23.5 DQ Mixed 21.3 20% 33.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 70%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 85GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 123 122 124 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 380 Write 127 Mixed 171 SusWrite 122 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 36.8 153% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 41.9 63% 121 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 81%
Corsair Voyager Mini 3.0 16GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 8GB free, PID 1a0c Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 5.5 8.2 9.6 9.6 8.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	9.43% Terrible	Read 40.9 Write 15.6 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 7.8 20% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.43% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M2A1600C11 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMV8GX3M2A1600C11 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.8% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 60%

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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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Total price: $648

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