Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 11:02
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 664 72% 572 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 187 Parallax 189 139% 182 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 170 Splatting 119 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 43 39 38 40 41 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 440 Write 169 Mixed 149 SusWrite 45.6 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 24.3 122% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 97.8 DQ Mixed 57.7 88% 174 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 85%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 80GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 218 210 206 210 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 401 Write 268 Mixed 274 SusWrite 207 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 48.3 183% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 253 197% 272 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 95%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 171GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 54 55 55 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 405 Mixed 399 SusWrite 90.4 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.8 172% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 240 200% 287 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 615GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 87 89 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 85.7 Write 77.3 Mixed 63 SusWrite 88 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 399GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 123 124 124 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 117 Write 38.8 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 124 65% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.3 228% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 75%

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 as expected (54^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 65%

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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%

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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	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	418x

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 $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16