Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 07:13
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 645 71% 558 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50% Average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 67 Parallax 58.9 50% 62.5 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 58.2 Splatting 55.7 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon IT SCS-64L9S 64GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: RC60206 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1703936 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 911 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6040 (AA) Unknown 100 100 208 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 297 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 304720 (B2) Unknown 100 100 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 208 (B4) Unknown 100 100 312 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 467 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 208 (BC) Unknown 100 100 242 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 208 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 72 72 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 19045 (F1) Unknown 100 100 420738 (F2) Unknown 100 100 661101	75% Very good	Read 462 Write 144 Mixed 218 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 28.3 127% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 58.6 85% 163 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 476GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116449200 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7840 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31988160 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6037 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 589037602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 50776 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 94489280546 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 135819750804239 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16230433833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 230337154020	88.7% Excellent	Read 158 Write 151 Mixed 148 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 40%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	197x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	157x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	100x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	69x
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	45x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

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