Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 42.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	34.5% 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	40.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 02:34
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 44.7 2-Core 71.2 44% 64.2 Pts	4-Core 49.3 8-Core 73.2 8% 61.2 Pts	64-Core 57.1 4% 57.1 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.5% Below average	Lighting 34.8 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 56.8 28% 51.4 fps	MRender 57.9 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 54.8 46% 56.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 54%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.74% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 6 3% 5.4 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 2.23 Splatting 7.43 5% 6.05 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.74% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 204 175 192 254 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 227 Write 313 Mixed 188 SusWrite 220 54% 237 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 19.6 4K Mixed 10.9 47% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 82.6 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 61.5 56% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 120GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 293 196 220 324 288 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.9% Above average	Read 273 Write 142 Mixed 267 SusWrite 269 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 24.7 84% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 91.6 DQ Mixed 62.2 62% 102 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26.2% Poor	MC Read 6.7 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.8 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 10.1 28% 9.9 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	617x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	78x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16