Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 10:10
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 425 52% 397 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.97% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 6.41 3% 5.63 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 7.61 5% 6.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.97% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% PNY(196E 119E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 135 Parallax 126 99% 127 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 116 Splatting 95.3 85% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 481 Mixed 304 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.5 190% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 183 186% 302 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,335 Write 3,786 Mixed 3419 856% 3,847 MB/s	4K Read 528 4K Write 248 4K Mixed 322 1,345% 366 MB/s	DQ Read 1,725 DQ Write 1,406 DQ Mixed 1,576 1,177% 1,569 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 154GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 122 135 135 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 147 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 138 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3B8G2C1600L11 2x8GB 507 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%

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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	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	470x
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 $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	77x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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