Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.2% 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	149% 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.

High background CPU (27%). 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 11:27
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 388 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% XFX(1682 9470) CLim: 1226 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.2% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 63.6 37% 57.7 fps	MRender 63.7 Gravity 44.5 Splatting 52.7 44% 53.6 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 662 542 541 576 579 561 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 986 Write 796 Mixed 595 SusWrite 577 165% 739 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 55.8 174% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 387 305% 421 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 313%
Transcend SSD320 128GB-$92 1,687 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 15GB free Firmware: 5.0.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 89 90 85 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 128 Write 98.3 Mixed 134 SusWrite 88.1 25% 112 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 31.8 129% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 72 70% 111 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 192GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 58 59 58 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 76 Write 71.2 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 58 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 641GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 143 145 146 144 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 141 Write 134 Mixed 99.9 SusWrite 143 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 65%

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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	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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