Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '19 at 13:36
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 652 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 189 Parallax 175 140% 179 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 172 Splatting 117 110% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 161 54 55 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 457 Mixed 410 SusWrite 83.9 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 49.1 172% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 213 189% 283 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 91%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 100GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 211 231 233 234 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 359 Write 255 Mixed 284 SusWrite 223 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 42.7 169% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 254 196% 270 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 95%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 52GB free Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 234 234 76 39 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 397 Write 228 Mixed 156 SusWrite 140 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 24.9 128% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 59.9 97% 190 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 695GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 62 64 62 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 66.3 Write 59.8 Mixed 47 SusWrite 63.5 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 315GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 115 115 122 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 108 Write 98 Mixed 54 SusWrite 117 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 65%

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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%

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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	418x

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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16