Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (59%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '18 at 22:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 704 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 135 Parallax 130 104% 131 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 287 285 289 290 212 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 508 Write 290 Mixed 285 SusWrite 274 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 27.3 100% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 181 160% 241 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 96%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-514 480GB 2,428 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 116GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 393 399 402 402 402 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 409 Write 400 Mixed 267 SusWrite 397 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 18.5 4K Mixed 27.4 86% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 187 167% 250 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 162GB free Firmware: K2AOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 61 61 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 61.5 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 61.4 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-8GSR 0420 F3-1866C10-8GSR 0420 F3-2400C11-8GSR 0420 F3-1866C10-8GSR 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.4% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 18.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 69%

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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	620x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	474x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	424x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	293x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	207x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	71x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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	40x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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