Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 13:59
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 584 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE A013) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 137 Parallax 116 107% 128 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 122 Splatting 101 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 161 158 163 158 157 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 312 Write 190 Mixed 211 SusWrite 158 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 33.1 136% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 184 141% 191 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 209GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 119 118 119 119 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 184 Write 136 Mixed 104 SusWrite 118 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 38 Write 38.2 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 40.6 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 99U5471-050.A00LF KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.8% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 9.6 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.6 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 54%

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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	427x
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 $45Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	61x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16