Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics103% 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 Drive122% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150919
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 26 '19 at 10:08
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 36%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
Memory 94.6
1-Core 133
2-Core 252
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 709
73% 588 Pts
64-Core 713
44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.2
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Lighting 136
Reflection 141
Parallax 120
111% 132 fps
MRender 98.9
Gravity 130
Splatting 106
91% 112 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 103%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
117GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V9001b14 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 523 506 465 190 141 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 647
Write 477
Mixed 525
SusWrite 390
114% 510 MB/s
4K Read 33.6
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 53.6
179% 66.5 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 412
DQ Mixed 482
334% 411 MB/s
Poor: 76%
This bench: 122%
Great: 244%
Mushkin MKNSSDSR500GB 500GB
461GB free
Firmware: Q1115A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 420 411 404 410 405 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
93.5% Outstanding
Read 462
Write 403
Mixed 384
SusWrite 412
94% 415 MB/s
4K Read 27.7
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 24.1
133% 55.1 MB/s
DQ Read 147
DQ Write 333
DQ Mixed 35.4
85% 172 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 93.5%
Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
2TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 194 196 195 195 196 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 194
Write 154
Mixed 83.1
SusWrite 195
114% 157 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 112%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
62.5% Good
MC Read 22.1
MC Write 22.4
MC Mixed 18.8
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 20.8
59% 20.6 GB/s
Latency 58.2
69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 62.5%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97-HD3P Builds (Compare 75 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $715
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