Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	16.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 19:39
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	MKD-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	45% Average	Memory 48.3 1-Core 19.7 2-Core 75.3 29% 47.8 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 281 33% 257 Pts	64-Core 279 17% 279 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 3642) 2GB CLim: 1433 MHz, MLim: 1277 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 15.6 Parallax 15.8 16% 17.1 fps	MRender 24.7 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 17.9 17% 21 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 53 46 46 59 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 354 Write 72.3 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 48.9 26% 121 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 9.5 32% 9.9 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 59.7 DQ Mixed 42.2 42% 69.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 55%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 242GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 162 162 162 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 141 Write 147 Mixed 32 SusWrite 161 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 103%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 126GB free Firmware: PB2OC60S SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 56 55 57 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 55.8 Mixed 36 SusWrite 56 39% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 4.8 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 167 24% 167 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 40%

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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	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	417x

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 $40	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