Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	36.8% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '15 at 23:03
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 120 2-Core 239 81% 179 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 469 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.501.1003.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 59.5 38% 47.3 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 45.3 Splatting 43.7 34% 40.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT250MX200SSD6 250GB 630 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 232GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 87 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2583 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 30 300649283617 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1206745317 (F7) Unknown 100 100 37957055 (F8) Unknown 100 100 11167554	101% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 389 Mixed 412 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 32.2 141% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 64.3 117% 232 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 381 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 371 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 50 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2579060604	115% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 407 Mixed 414 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 46.8 181% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 115 143% 256 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 447GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 139 3441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 241 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1896 (C2) HDA temperature 113 96 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.3% Very good	Read 151 Write 125 Mixed 105 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 447GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 48798712 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 107642 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 521732124 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 107374182428 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 33994666147843 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1423573287 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46154006	91% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 149 Mixed 142 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 112%

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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	424x
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 $39Bench 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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Total price: $648

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