Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	21.5% 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)
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '14 at 14:01
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$132 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 116 2-Core 207 74% 161 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 630 61% 501 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 58% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 3063) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4052 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 25 Parallax 30.9 21% 27.3 fps	MRender 33.4 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 25.9 22% 27.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 199 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 22 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 642682624
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 227GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 196612 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 105 (03) Spinup time 119 119 12897419457 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1740 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1758 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1758 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 257698758690 (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 200 200 1	52.7% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 87.2 Mixed 97.4 71% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 74%
Seagate ST3160023AS 160GB-$24 4,798 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 84GB free Firmware: 3.00 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 56 49 201313169 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7916 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55600147 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4221 (C2) HDA temperature 36 56 17179869220 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 47 201313169 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28.8% Poor	Read 49.6 Write 50.5 Mixed 48.3 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.35 81% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 32%
WDC WD50 00AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 270GB free, PID 0277 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.8% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 41.3 Mixed 24.7 44% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 22%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - $100

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	113x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	69x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	68x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	56x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	47x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	33x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	17x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	16x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	20x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 7,948 samples	16x

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