Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.5% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 20:31
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 424 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.7% Above average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 58.4 Parallax 47.5 50% 55.9 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 66 Splatting 54.4 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Faspeed F510-120G 120GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (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 1125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 357 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 121 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 20829 (A5) Unknown 100 100 52 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 33252 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26109 (F5) Unknown 100 100 41658	92.5% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 367 Mixed 428 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 39.5 118% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 21.1 89% 198 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 767GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1371 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1269 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 230 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	99.3% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 178 Mixed 154 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.3 128% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 109%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 380GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 31.2 Mixed 31.5 41% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.12 55% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[2/7/4]164S 2x4GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	192x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

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Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16