Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.1% 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	173% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 00:57
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 190 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 368 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 369 23% 369 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.1% Below average	Lighting 39.9 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 37.9 32% 36.2 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 36.4 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 536 534 533 535 548 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 718 Write 1,097 Mixed 793 SusWrite 564 180% 793 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 68.4 222% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,057 DQ Write 762 DQ Mixed 559 513% 793 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 291%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 11GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 478 Write 436 Mixed 384 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 46.2 153% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 240 201% 289 MB/s
Poor: 55% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 177GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 166 105 91 89 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 468 Write 415 Mixed 330 SusWrite 133 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 41.8 144% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 180 166% 255 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 148GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 98 97 97 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 69 SusWrite 97 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 73GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 51 51 51 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 75 Write 69.7 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 51.1 46% 61.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 69%
WDC WD25 00BEKT-60PVMT0 250GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 19GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 36 37 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 38 Write 38.5 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 37.1 48% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.4 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 60%

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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 $280	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) $39	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