Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 03:10
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	41.9% Average	Memory 68.8 1-Core 23.9 2-Core 46.7 34% 46.5 Pts	4-Core 83.7 8-Core 127 13% 105 Pts	64-Core 126 8% 126 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 52.8 Parallax 70.2 31% 53.5 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 72.8 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3160215AS 160GB-$32 6,007 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 59 36 58 61 62 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 58.6 Mixed 36.1 SusWrite 51.2 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 41%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 228GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 122 123 119 120 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 121 Write 121 Mixed 106 SusWrite 120 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 69%

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 below expectations (0^th percentile)	21% Poor	MC Read 2.9 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 5.1 20% 7.1 GB/s	SC Read 3.5 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.3 13% 4.47 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	468x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	290x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	204x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	81x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	75x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

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