Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.3% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 18:02
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 96.8 1-Core 66.2 2-Core 185 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 348 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 863E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 75.1 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 72.6 61% 74.5 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 73.3 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 325 388 381 337 388 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 418 Write 402 Mixed 306 SusWrite 344 83% 367 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 30 104% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 284 229% 324 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 117%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 172GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 334 369 392 368 397 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 347 Write 410 Mixed 294 SusWrite 353 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 36.5 136% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 258 213% 305 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 101%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 125 97 127 125 126 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 162 Write 112 Mixed 123 SusWrite 115 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 25.9 115% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 85.5 74% 109 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 414GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 81 80 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 81 Write 74.8 Mixed 59 SusWrite 80.3 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 57%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 818GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 165 167 167 165 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 141 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 162 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G4H1 16JTF51264AZ-1G4H1 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 CT51264BD1339.M16F 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.7% Average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.5 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 50%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16