Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.9% 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	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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '17 at 19:18
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 410 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3751) CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 21.3 Reflection 16.1 Parallax 19 17% 18.8 fps	MRender 23.5 Gravity 22 Splatting 16.3 16% 20.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M4-CT128M4SSD2 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3710 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 32 (A3) Unknown 100 100 295 (94) Unknown 100 100 362597 (95) Unknown 100 100 5049 (96) Unknown 100 100 4943 (97) Unknown 100 100 5036 (A4) Unknown 100 100 87285 (A5) Unknown 100 100 122 (A6) Unknown 100 100 24 (A7) Unknown 100 100 68 (A9) Unknown 100 100 94 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43031950917662 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 603419 (F2) Unknown 100 100 315274 (F5) Unknown 100 100 515527 (F6) Unknown 100 100 725194 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	99.9% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 398 Mixed 500 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 38.5 144% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 33.4 84% 173 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 100%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 185 9300 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7937 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23988 (C2) HDA temperature 103 95 49 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	88.1% Excellent	Read 149 Write 158 Mixed 155 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.23 112% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 99%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 104 (03) Spinup time 126 126 42983948810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 17 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1526 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1526 (C2) HDA temperature 109 109 283468693559 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 123 Mixed 155 103% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 120%
Hitachi HMS5C4040ALE640 4TB 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 787GB free Firmware: MPAOA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 106 (03) Spinup time 131 131 42985193995 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2071 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 42 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2083 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2083 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 219044184106 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	51.5% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 89.8 Mixed 89.3 68% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.14 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	110x
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	54x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	33x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $50Bench 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: $543

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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