Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.8% 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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 21:37
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 664 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 240 2,991 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 7240) ≥ 4GB Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	4.35% Terrible	Lighting 5.17 Reflection 6.58 Parallax 6.66 4% 6.13 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 5.53 Splatting 6.3 5% 5.55 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.35% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 104 112 69 78 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 309 Write 205 Mixed 233 SusWrite 93.2 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 38 145% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 158 126% 176 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 170 171 173 173 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 124 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 172 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 114%
Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB-$60 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 66GB free Firmware: SD03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 44 45 45 45 44 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 44.5 Write 44.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 44.1 29% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 76% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 37%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 577GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 104 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 112 Write 105 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 107 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 74%
Kingston DT microDuo 8GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 16a1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 6.8 6.4 6.8 6.8 6.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	7.17% Terrible	Read 27.8 Write 5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 6.6 11% 11 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 27% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.17% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 23.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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 $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