Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	13.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 21:54
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 401 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.4% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 33.2 30% 32.6 fps	MRender 33.4 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 32.7 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: CP100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 43 46 48 46 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 56.6 Write 66.1 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 46.1 38% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 43%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 154 154 155 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 163 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 154 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 89%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 22GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 44 45 43 45 45 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 144 Write 46.1 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 43.8 91% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3 198% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 0215 CM3X4GAD1600C9A4 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 0215 CM3X4GAD1600C9A4 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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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Value: 60% - Good

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