Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 04:13
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 601 62% 498 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 22D0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1290 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.5% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 66.3 48% 62.6 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 62.3 Splatting 54 49% 60.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 126 126 125 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 126 Write 118 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 125 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.3 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 80%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 146GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 56 53 53 55 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 70.6 Write 72.2 Mixed 48 SusWrite 52.9 45% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-138.A00LF 1x8GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	MC Read 11.5 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 8.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 34%

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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	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	469x
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 $37Bench 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	75x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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