Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	85.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '18 at 15:48
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 247 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 724 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 154 Parallax 130 112% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: LE1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 168 157 171 170 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 358 Write 192 Mixed 256 SusWrite 166 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.6 165% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 195 156% 220 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 101GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 255 266 266 266 284 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 503 Write 273 Mixed 270 SusWrite 266 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 15.8 119% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 23.6 70% 149 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 74%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 164GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 367 318 317 318 319 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 489 Mixed 464 SusWrite 349 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 64.4 223% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 23.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 72%

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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 $269	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