Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.6% 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	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 20:18
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 481 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3765) 2GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 37.6 30% 33.8 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 34.5 Splatting 33.9 29% 36 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN 25SATA01M 12 120GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1204B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 275 65 66 65 29 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 511 Write 358 Mixed 359 SusWrite 103 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 17.7 123% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 73.7 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 1.1 57% 129 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 82%
SSD 360G 360GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 195GB free Firmware: R0831B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 369 11 58 31 53 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 466 Write 429 Mixed 355 SusWrite 89.1 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 19 127% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 12.4 DQ Mixed 0.3 6% 16.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 28 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 71%

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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 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	470x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
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
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	63x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	81x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
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 $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