Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.4% 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	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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '16 at 21:39
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 482 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0474) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	4.41% Terrible	Lighting 3 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 15.8 2% 6.89 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 11 Splatting 14.8 8% 9.22 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 4.41% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 457GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 10767 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 98 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 54 197569151007 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15996876757 (F7) Unknown 100 100 523183590 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2829060892	82.4% Excellent	Read 489 Write 463 Mixed 453 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 14.9 110% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 15.1 27% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 107%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 43GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 32856824 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -139844135153813 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 963 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 22 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 47 64427589660 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 64427589660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 32856824 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 32856824 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 32856824 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7358 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5310 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5310 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6251	64.5% Good	Read 500 Write 228 Mixed 301 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 13.3 95% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 13.4 26% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 94%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 253GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 174 7716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2964 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 36 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.9% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 90.8 Mixed 84.3 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 54GB free Firmware: CC33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31796153 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3820 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 8807109304 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3890 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 141736084114 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 554893345 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 38654705697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 18 31796153 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 18812 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 129424544517868 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4037291531 (F2) Unknown 100 253 567771481	52.5% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 89.4 Mixed 78.1 65% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.42 109% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 72%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 17GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6700 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2223 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1557 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437125146 (C2) HDA temperature 70 59 504234014 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 785513 (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 99 113 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	30.3% Below average	Read 51.4 Write 53.9 Mixed 53.6 40% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 2,880 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 71%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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