Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	85.3% 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	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

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

System	Gigabyte Z97-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-D3H-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '16 at 12:16
Run Duration	830 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 480 64% 476 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 82%

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. 20.19.15.4300 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 422 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 739 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 45750 (A5) Unknown 100 100 134 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 37193 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 103897 (F2) Unknown 100 100 114705 (F5) Unknown 100 100 183000	85.3% Excellent	Read 521 Write 186 Mixed 271 71% 326 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 34.7 142% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 67.5 92% 170 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 380GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 165 4608 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 573 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5969 (C2) HDA temperature 125 107 22 (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	73.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 116 Mixed 127 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 150GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 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 53 (03) Spinup time 156 154 5158 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7020 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 615 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7573 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 27 (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	36.5% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 59 Mixed 59.9 47% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.45 116% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 60%
Lexar JumpDrive S73 USB 3.0 64GB-$13 360 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 34GB free, PID a205 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 43.7 Write 35.5 Mixed 29.9 45% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.54 4K Write 0.24 4K Mixed 0.29 42% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 16%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.33% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 6 Mixed 5.39 10% 9.85 MB/s	4K Read 5.82 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.01 22% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.33% Great: 7%
531 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	9.03% Terrible	Read 26.3 Write 7.01 Mixed 10.8 15% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.91 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.08 51% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.03% Great: 9%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 258 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 5151 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.27% Terrible	Read 30.6 Write 7.86 Mixed 11.6 17% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.82 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 34% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.27% Great: 8%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.71% Terrible	Read 13.6 Write 3.13 Mixed 5.04 7% 7.27 MB/s	4K Read 4.18 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 17% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.71% Great: 7%

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)	73% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 72%

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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	423x
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 $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	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 $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