Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.4% 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	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '17 at 16:54
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-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 i3-4130-$42 49,509 User benchmarks, average bench 52% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 172 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 268 36% 267 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PwrHis(1787 2319) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 22.6 13% 18.6 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 18.7 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 24240809 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 71717363930337 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1452 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 290 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 85902753829 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24240809 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24240809 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24240809 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19043 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18304 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18304 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16237	73% Very good	Read 497 Write 150 Mixed 217 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 18.3 127% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 44 66% 125 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 80%
Asmt 2115 750GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 217GB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 72.9 Write 75.3 Mixed 59.6 52% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.15 38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 63%
ST4000DM000-1F21 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 2.5TB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 123 Write 103 Mixed 92.4 132% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.16 39% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 43%
NORELSYS 106X 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 102GB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	33.7% Below average	Read 88.4 Write 69 Mixed 70.9 94% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 16GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 63%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	110x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	68x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	33x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	19x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 7,948 samples	16x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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