Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.1% 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	86.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '17 at 12:10
Run Duration	336 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 665 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 103 Parallax 94.1 80% 98.5 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 78.1 68% 84 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 382GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8025 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2441 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4937003649	89.5% Excellent	Read 496 Write 400 Mixed 415 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 24.3 145% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 20 29% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9352 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2887 (B1) Unknown 93 93 84 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44235331683	86.1% Excellent	Read 488 Write 338 Mixed 342 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 18.4 126% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 16.2 68% 151 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52410024 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7416 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8202281 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2888 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 64 471138328 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43509 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 51539607576 (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 -67641439943422 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7637037251 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4479088502	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 193 Mixed 184 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.32 100% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
TDKMedia Trans-It Drive 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 12GB free, PID 0619 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	3.39% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 4.54 Mixed 5.77 8% 7.02 MB/s	4K Read 3.29 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.31 23% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.39% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
MMXIV 1352 SUPERTALENT02 1352 SUPERTALENT02 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 59%

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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	428x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	327x
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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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16