Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics86.9% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte Z97-D3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF  (all builds)
Memory3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime3 Days
Run DateMar 21 '19 at 18:20
Run Duration118 Seconds
Run User EGY-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Memory 91.7
1-Core 104
2-Core 221
79% 139 Pts
4-Core 360
8-Core 560
57% 460 Pts
64-Core 575
36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 115
Parallax 103
91% 110 fps
MRender 95.4
Gravity 101
Splatting 93.7
79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST33000650NS 3TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: NS00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 102 110 127 138 138 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
70.4% Very good
Read 122
Write 111
Mixed 59.7
SusWrite 124
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 87%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89
430GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 69 70 74 79 80 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
46.4% Average
Read 87.3
Write 44.8
Mixed 38.5
SusWrite 74.2
45% 61.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 46.4%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99P5474-055.A00LF 99P5474-013.A00LF 8GB
1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.3% Below average
MC Read 11
MC Write 10.6
MC Mixed 8.5
29% 10 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 11.2
SC Mixed 10.5
30% 10.7 GB/s
Latency 64.6
62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 32.3%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 1,542 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $648
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