Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	16.9% 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	118% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '20 at 18:50
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 260 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 520 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1425 MHz, MLim: 2150 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.9% Very poor	Lighting 0.3 Reflection 63 Parallax 90.8 0% 51.4 fps	MRender 65.5 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 46.5 49% 61.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 398 309 299 298 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 438 Mixed 426 SusWrite 344 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.4 200% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 219GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 225 226 213 228 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 227 Write 59.9 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 224 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.8 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 63%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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