Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.6% 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	93.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '20 at 06:48
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 252 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 661 73% 574 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.6% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 51.1 Parallax 87.8 56% 69.3 fps	MRender 51.7 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 66 52% 62.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 126 54 55 55 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 446 Mixed 397 SusWrite 81.5 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 50 176% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 234 198% 285 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 91%
Lexar SSD 480GB 1,715 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 75GB free Firmware: R1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 430 439 437 442 431 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 390 Mixed 363 SusWrite 433 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 26.6 145% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 34.5 75% 153 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 217%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 652GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 101 103 104 104 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 75.3 Write 38.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 104 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 679GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 141 140 140 142 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 130 Write 106 Mixed 73 SusWrite 140 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 398GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 102 Write 113 Mixed 39 SusWrite 92.8 63% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 22.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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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