Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 09:16
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 74.7 2-Core 195 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 358 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 6.15 Parallax 6.53 3% 5.48 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.39 5% 6.28 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-820 240GB 5,703 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 225 146 217 218 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 399 Write 265 Mixed 233 SusWrite 196 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 32.6 119% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 172 155% 235 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 586GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 195 198 200 198 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 145 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 198 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
Generic Mass Storage 67GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 62GB free, PID 9999 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.6 6.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Read 1.7 Write 6 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 7.1 8% 5.03 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 28% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 4%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 15GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 12 12 12 12 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	6.41% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 10 Mixed 6 SusWrite 11.3 14% 11.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.41% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 20.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 16.1 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 67%

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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 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 73%

Battleship

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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16