Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Graphics	8.39% 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	29.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '22 at 10:19
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Memory 83.7 84% 83.7 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 6.6 3% 4.5 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 3%
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375D) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 512.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.39% Terrible	Lighting 9 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 5.6 7% 8.43 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 15 Splatting 10.9 10% 13 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 8.39% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR061 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 57 169 278 113 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 381 Write 260 Mixed 59.4 SusWrite 106 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.3 28% 7.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 445 Write 358 Mixed 336 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 18.3 78% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 43.2 DQ Mixed 81.5 85% 148 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 238GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 265 78 93 85 90 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992084 (997084) 4x4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	111x
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	55x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	33x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $45Bench 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: $542

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16