Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27% 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	117% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 21:33
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 434 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.19 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27% Poor	Lighting 31.5 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 36.6 26% 32.3 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 38.4 Splatting 32.3 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 189 186 184 185 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 471 Mixed 366 SusWrite 209 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 64.3 220% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 187GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 274 265 268 270 262 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 423 Mixed 234 SusWrite 272 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 40.5 162% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 233 203% 303 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 348GB free Firmware: MN6OA180 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 147 145 145 144 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 85.5 Write 82 Mixed 50 SusWrite 144 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 85%
HGST HTS 541010A9E680 1TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 117GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 43 43 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 41.9 54% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 73% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.8% 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	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