Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	58.4% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '19 at 00:25
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 23.3 2-Core 56.7 34% 49.1 Pts	4-Core 251 8-Core 370 39% 311 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5170) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.4% Above average	Lighting 59.9 Reflection 109 Parallax 91.5 49% 86.6 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 96.3 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD6401AALS-00L3B2 120GB 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 322 374 379 281 125 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 357 Write 415 Mixed 288 SusWrite 289 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 23.4 78% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 250 212% 306 MB/s

Samsung 845DC EVO 240GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 26GB free Firmware: EXT03X3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 213 229 235 70 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 436 Write 241 Mixed 222 SusWrite 169 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 22.5 79% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 212 170% 242 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 90%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 118 118 119 119 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 110 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 117 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 85%
WD WD1001FALS-00J7B1 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 69GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 51 51 51 51 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 45.5 Write 41.8 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 50.8 32% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	616x
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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16