Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 19:17
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 446 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 3765) 2GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 31.3 28% 30.3 fps	MRender 36.7 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 31.8 27% 33.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN 25SATA01M 12 120GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1204B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 57 34 21 21 15 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 495 Write 382 Mixed 351 SusWrite 61.1 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 14 4K Mixed 1 53% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 76 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 1 12% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 82%
SSD 360G 360GB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 94GB free Firmware: R0831B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 402 391 311 29 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 454 Write 416 Mixed 348 SusWrite 244 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 18 111% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 88.3 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 25 69% 141 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 27.3 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	618x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	292x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	78x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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