Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.9% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '20 at 10:16
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 207 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 557 54% 442 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% PNY(196E 130F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3638 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 120 Parallax 121 106% 124 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 89 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 197 192 179 162 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 490 Write 221 Mixed 217 SusWrite 184 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 35.6 147% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 123 122% 197 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 91%
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 52GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 83 93 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 479 Mixed 368 SusWrite 115 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 42.2 160% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 182 180% 287 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 97%
Intenso Sata III 512GB 868 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 180GB free Firmware: O1225L SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 259 398 398 399 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 396 Mixed 299 SusWrite 360 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.9 144% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 192 160% 226 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 61%

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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%

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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	618x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	292x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	78x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16