Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	80.1% 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	41.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	17.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '18 at 17:32
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 75 1-Core 91.9 2-Core 171 65% 113 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 400 44% 345 Pts	64-Core 526 32% 526 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 120 Parallax 110 80% 109 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 115 Splatting 88.6 81% 101 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ SOLID3 120GB 1,720 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 79 78 81 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 134 Write 114 Mixed 122 SusWrite 82.2 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 21.5 84% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 106 84% 116 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 61%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7GB free Firmware: 5.24 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 324 Write 171 Mixed 194 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 26.5 97% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 184 140% 190 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 656GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 127 126 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 135 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 126 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 8.7 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	423x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	216x

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 $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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