Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 00:40
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 721 76% 608 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 113 Parallax 94.4 81% 102 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 100 81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 912 507 508 508 507 508 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 223GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 254 248 254 254 249 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 904 Write 281 Mixed 307 SusWrite 253 96% 436 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 39.5 169% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 180 152% 216 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 154 153 155 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 153 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 98%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 64GB-$48 753 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 28GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 275 Write 169 Mixed 97.5 203% 180 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.8 129% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 4x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 22.6 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 72%

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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	470x
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 $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 $273	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 $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 $45	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16