Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	129% 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

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 10:41
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 480 65% 482 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 330F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 141 Parallax 121 108% 132 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 474 475 323 283 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 487 Mixed 460 SusWrite 380 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65.2 223% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 354 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 404 406 397 397 401 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 407 Mixed 260 SusWrite 398 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 18.6 135% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 108 120% 199 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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) $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