Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 14:50
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 219 86% 148 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 633 67% 537 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 1F08) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.6% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 95% 114 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 100 Splatting 82 84% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 120GB 1,888 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 61 71 86 64 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 464 Write 437 Mixed 340 SusWrite 92.7 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 35.8 142% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 152 142% 225 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 146GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 215 309 217 214 295 MB/s Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	76.3% Very good	Read 164 Write 95.7 Mixed 243 SusWrite 258 43% 190 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 36.3 132% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 211 183% 269 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 420GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 201 202 201 200 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 186 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 200 118% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%
Seagate M3 500GB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 192GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 41 41 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 39.8 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 41 27% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 71%

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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	619x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

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	158x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16