Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.5% 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	86.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '22 at 14:02
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 82 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 186 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 476 50% 400 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36B0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 37.7 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 31.8 31% 36.3 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 35.7 Splatting 31.5 27% 33.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 260 260 258 257 259 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 460 Write 437 Mixed 376 SusWrite 276 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 42.5 143% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 357 214% 219 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 102GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 131 120 134 135 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 408 Write 150 Mixed 200 SusWrite 133 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 32.8 132% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 87.1 79% 119 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 82%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 131GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 214 209 211 222 217 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 300 Write 121 Mixed 159 SusWrite 217 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 19.6 76% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 39.5 DQ Mixed 28.3 23% 31.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 722GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 175 175 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 164 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 175 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 9905403-442.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/8GX 9905403-442.A00LF 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.6% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 12.9 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 51%

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

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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	425x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
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 $50Bench 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 $269	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16