Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '19 at 22:31
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 471 65% 483 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 12D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2352 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 70.9 66% 78 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 74.5 65% 80.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 336 Mixed 144 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 36 110% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 108 106% 173 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 548GB free Firmware: SBFK61F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 411 415 426 425 437 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 106 Mixed 353 SusWrite 419 61% 270 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 40.8 154% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 228 199% 294 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 588GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 193 194 192 194 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 136 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 193 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 663GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 105 106 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 114 Write 121 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 106 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 400GB free Firmware: 060E SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 102 102 102 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 77.5 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 101 63% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 66%
WDC WD10 03FZEX-00MK2A0 1TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 64GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 40.2 Write 43 Mixed 29 SusWrite 42.6 53% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 137% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 24%
21 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 307GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 35.7 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 42.7 53% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 29%
Mass Storage Device 500GB 5,742 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 46GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 31 Mixed 29 SusWrite 40.9 47% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 24 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 72%

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Gaming 9%

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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	99x
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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Value: 60% - Good

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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16