Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	52.7% 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	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 12:43
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 423 52% 401 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 64.3 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 77.5 52% 66.7 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 75.4 53% 63.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 293 292 293 283 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 445 Mixed 379 SusWrite 297 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 59.8 200% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 359 268% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 129GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 61 50 68 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 84.5 Write 62 Mixed 48.3 SusWrite 62.3 47% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 464GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 62 60 62 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 84.3 Write 20 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 62.7 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.2 176% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 675GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 155 154 152 153 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 95.3 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 154 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-431.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/8GX 9905403-431.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.1% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 35%

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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	622x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	476x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	424x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	294x
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	79x
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	82x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	79x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	40x

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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16