Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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.
Boot Drive	43% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 14:04
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 205 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 561 59% 470 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 127 Parallax 105 101% 119 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 64 8 13 62 6.8 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 383 Write 118 Mixed 121 SusWrite 28.6 35% 163 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 19.4 76% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 99.6 DQ Write 19.5 DQ Mixed 42.3 36% 53.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 56%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 569GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 45 43 45 49 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 69.8 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 45.6 46% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 314GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 117 118 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 119 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 119 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX 0622 DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB KHX1866C9D3/4GX 0622 DDR3-1600 CL9 4GB 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.6% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 56%

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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	616x
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 $275	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