Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	88.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 09:07
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 379 54% 396 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 347.52 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.32% Terrible	Lighting 9.67 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.09 8% 9.7 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 10.7 9% 11.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.32% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 181 179 182 184 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 413 Write 324 Mixed 294 SusWrite 187 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 43.6 159% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 33.4 87% 183 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 97%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 97 99 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 96.9 Write 95.1 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 97.9 58% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 153 154 156 156 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 99.7 Write 142 Mixed 66 SusWrite 153 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 226% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 90%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB 615 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 852GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 95 96 98 99 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	46% Average	Read 72.4 Write 106 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 98.5 117% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 176% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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	76x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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