Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 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, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 04:46
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 249 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 487 64% 480 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 420 Write 183 Mixed 221 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 42.3 160% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 167 145% 218 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 89%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 128 Write 78.7 Mixed 76.2 70% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 208GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,413 Write 36.7 Mixed 58 1,314% 1836 MB/s	4K Read 824 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2 34,570% 276 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 74%
WD WD10EALX-009BA0 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 271GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	Read 454 Write 449 Mixed 419 331% 440 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 63.7 11,180% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 3,310% 363 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 80%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -3 64GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 34GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 84.5 Write 21.5 Mixed 15.7 38% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 3 155% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 27%

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 (90^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 63%

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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	619x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	292x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	78x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16