Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37.6% 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	82.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '20 at 00:48
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 79 2-Core 178 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 319 36% 284 Pts	64-Core 321 20% 321 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37.6% Below average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 54.2 39% 49.3 fps	MRender 36.5 Gravity 44.1 Splatting 46.8 35% 42.5 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 251 258 195 201 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 349 Write 289 Mixed 280 SusWrite 251 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 31.7 126% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 61.2 122% 246 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 409GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 155 168 169 169 168 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 146 Write 138 Mixed 31 SusWrite 165 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 107%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 100 102 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 74.5 Write 134 Mixed 93 SusWrite 101 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 196% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C9D3/8GX 1302 1866 CL10 Series 1302 1866 CL10 Series 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.9% Average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 13.4 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 12.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 52%

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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	468x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	290x
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
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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