Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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	130% 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	141% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 16:00
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 653 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 171 Parallax 181 147% 178 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 150 Splatting 113 118% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 311 279 285 285 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1005 Write 886 Mixed 407 SusWrite 324 146% 656 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 52.2 190% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 465 DQ Write 556 DQ Mixed 304 287% 442 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300 8,179 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 691GB free Firmware: RVM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 368 397 414 422 421 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 425 Mixed 400 SusWrite 387 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.2 172% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 132%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 51GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 368 350 269 232 227 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 425 Mixed 359 SusWrite 291 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.2 160% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 351 264% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 101GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 60 62 63 62 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 87 Write 91 Mixed 47.3 SusWrite 61.8 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-076.A00LF 9905471-035.A00LF 9905471-076.A00LF 9905471-035.A00LF 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.1 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 51%

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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	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	469x
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 $37Bench 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	75x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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