Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.9% 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	152% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 08:55
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 237 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 688 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 73.1 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 65.8 60% 71.4 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 68.9 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 846 715 700 875 713 723 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,052 Write 1,003 Mixed 550 SusWrite 762 189% 842 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 45 166% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 106 130% 225 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 181%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 149 147 149 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 148 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$50 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 225GB free Firmware: 3.AHG SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 76.3 Write 70 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 76.4 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 44%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 64GB 1,196 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 60GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 20 21 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 21 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 20.6 32% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 4 259% 4.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.9 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 65%

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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	469x
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 $37Bench 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	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 $182	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) $30	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