Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.3% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	17.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 14:49
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 439 57% 431 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 6.47 3% 5.67 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.57 5% 5.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD4003FFBX-68MU3N0 4TB 1,319 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 576GB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 144 149 144 147 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 143 Write 146 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 147 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 1.5 9% 4 MB/s	DQ Read 0.7 DQ Write 4.8 DQ Mixed 4.4 3% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 27%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 115 123 125 130 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 387 Write 138 Mixed 189 SusWrite 123 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 39.4 159% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 120 99% 143 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 79%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 116 119 120 118 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 120 Write 86.4 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 119 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 62%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$74 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 136 137 140 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 96.1 Write 95.5 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 138 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1x8GB 7,988 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 35%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	423x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	216x

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 $54Bench 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	60x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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