Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '19 at 02:45
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 406 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 66.2 56% 68 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 53.6 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 86 86 85 85 59 MB/s Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.9% Above average	Read 254 Write 122 Mixed 170 SusWrite 82 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 32.5 134% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 55.2 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 85.3 65% 86.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 68 69 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 73.3 Write 62.1 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 67.7 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 76%
Sony Storage Media 4GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 0862 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 6.3 6.4 6.2 6.6 6.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 3.8 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 6.2 9% 8.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 70%

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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	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