Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	104% 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 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 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	Aug 02 '19 at 19:39
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 (97^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 216 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 421 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.6% 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 (98^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 60.5 Parallax 77.5 54% 68.3 fps	MRender 60.4 Gravity 56.6 Splatting 75 54% 64 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 262 238 244 240 234 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 431 Mixed 369 SusWrite 266 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 54.1 181% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 311 234% 313 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 324GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 110 112 98 102 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 116 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 108 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 461GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 81 80 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 33.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 81.3 50% 67.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 215% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 674GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 161 161 161 160 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 112 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 160 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92% 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	33.8% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.3 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.8% 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	620x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	474x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	423x

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 $124	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