Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	108% 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 9 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 18:53
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 405 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FF6) ≥ 4GB; GV-N207SAORUS-8GC, Gigabyte AORUS CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3982 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 162 Parallax 167 146% 170 fps	MRender 214 Gravity 144 Splatting 115 124% 158 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 269 272 277 278 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 447 Mixed 445 SusWrite 289 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 64.7 185% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 165 147% 215 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 175GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 152 Write 153 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 92.3 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3160813AS 160GB-$139 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 20GB free Firmware: CC2J SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 68 68 69 67 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 87.3 Write 82.6 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 68 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 65%
23 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 28GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 16 15 17 17 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Read 20.9 Write 9.2 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 16 18% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.7 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.1% 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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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 $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