Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.9% 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	121% 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '23 at 23:51
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 200 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 468 53% 416 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% PowerColor(148C 2402) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 22.20.27.09 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 123 Parallax 158 85% 128 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 120 Splatting 74.8 78% 97.9 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31 9,202 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 314 266 305 308 296 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 710 Write 582 Mixed 454 SusWrite 313 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 45.5 163% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 388 322% 478 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 243%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 69GB free Firmware: 33.08F33 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 68 68 67 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 68 44% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 39%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 100GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 76 75 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 125 Write 102 Mixed 104 SusWrite 76.1 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan 1600 0423 Vulcan 1600 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	57	60	24"	1920 1080	BNQ78C1 BenQ GW2450H

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	428x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	217x

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 $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	61x
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 $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