Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.7% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 23:19
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 444 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1328 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.7% Average	Lighting 57.1 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 75.7 46% 67.5 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 57.2 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 468 Write 214 Mixed 190 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 35.6 150% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 120 123% 203 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 91%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 186GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 79 78 78 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 88.7 Write 76.7 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 77.8 50% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6AB0HHHJ-HS 4x2GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 55%

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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	620x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	475x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	424x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	294x
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	79x
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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	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) $29	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