Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 38%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	45.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.2% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 10:35
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 1.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	38% Below average	Memory 60.4 1-Core 34.9 2-Core 48.7 34% 48 Pts	4-Core 88.3 8-Core 118 13% 103 Pts	64-Core 94.2 6% 94.2 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.3% Average	Lighting 50.8 Reflection 69 Parallax 60.8 41% 60.2 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 56.4 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16749 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 494 (B1) Unknown 86 86 165 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41861335383	81.2% Excellent	Read 489 Write 336 Mixed 334 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 20.7 112% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 63.4 80% 146 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 73 156134216 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10033 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 816 (07) Seek error rate 64 57 85949806576 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1637 (BC) Unknown 100 93 55835492366 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 588382242 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 264931 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 60129542178 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 65 632 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 97 65 632 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 84842783971547 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23758718538 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19963581302	95.1% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 150 Mixed 146 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.33 74% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 234GB free Firmware: JP4OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 53 196615 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 98 (03) Spinup time 121 100 25790775603 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7864447 (07) Seek error rate 100 99 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 36 36 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1766 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 78 78 1507327 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 1787152763284 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 337838112 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6095 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6095 (C2) HDA temperature 187 139 188979281952 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 127 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 42 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41% Average	Read 70.7 Write 72.2 Mixed 97.5 61% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 74%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 55GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 130 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2529 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2486 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 29 (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	70.9% Very good	Read 110 Write 137 Mixed 106 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 31GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 160 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5798 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1430 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 117 117 250637 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 32 (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	36.1% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 58.7 Mixed 58.7 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.14 62% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-2GBRL 0420 F3-10666CL9-2GBRL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 5.1 14% 4.93 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 49%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

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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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Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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