Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	142% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '19 at 01:47
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 505 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3309) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.6 87% 108 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 514 305 304 303 302 301 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 698 Write 574 Mixed 364 SusWrite 338 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 54.2 202% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 634 DQ Mixed 624 490% 679 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 236%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 215GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 413 421 415 420 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 486 Mixed 342 SusWrite 410 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 42.9 169% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 162 172% 285 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 116GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 70 74 72 74 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 112 Write 67 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 73.3 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 314GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 74 75 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 62.7 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 74 45% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 75%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 117 120 121 122 119 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70% Very good	Read 125 Write 114 Mixed 82 SusWrite 119 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,844 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 70%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $55Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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