Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.98% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 08:34
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 63.8 1-Core 90.1 2-Core 148 58% 101 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 347 28% 244 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.98% Terrible	Lighting 7.17 Reflection 8.88 Parallax 9.06 6% 8.37 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 8.52 6% 7.54 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.98% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 296 315 316 331 335 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 352 Write 298 Mixed 249 SusWrite 309 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 20.6 68% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 124 112% 168 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 105%
PNY SSD2SC480G1SA754D117-537 480GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 425GB free Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 323 342 359 373 364 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 443 Write 396 Mixed 241 SusWrite 340 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 20 4K Mixed 13.5 46% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 197 158% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 105%
WD Green 5TB (2014)-$170 1,889 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 159 164 165 163 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 99 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 161 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45.9% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 12 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 117 34% 117 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 69%

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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%

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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	616x
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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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