Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 03:55
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 589 58% 473 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 184 Parallax 184 135% 178 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 167 Splatting 120 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-512L9S-11 2.5 7mm 512GB 471 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 40GB free Firmware: HC9110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 341 383 349 379 386 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 381 Mixed 280 SusWrite 368 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 40.3 144% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 210 177% 261 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 99%
Toshiba KSG60ZMV256G M.2 2280 256GB 834 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: ABDA4102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 165 121 162 120 164 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 121%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 90GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 126 111 108 107 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 162 Write 149 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 117 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.4 151% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 322GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 137 137 137 135 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 168 Write 133 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 136 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 85GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 153 153 160 159 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 142 Write 35.7 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 157 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-016.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 9905584-016.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 59%

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

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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 $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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