Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.5% 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 20:39
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 666 70% 560 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$273 645,160 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)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 123 Parallax 112 107% 122 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 100 Splatting 89 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% 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: 199 212 270 264 277 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 285 Mixed 200 SusWrite 235 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 37.4 157% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 123 121% 194 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 91%
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 52GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 81 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 474 Mixed 378 SusWrite 114 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.7 167% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 182 180% 287 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 97%
Intenso Sata III 512GB 868 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 180GB free Firmware: O1225L SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 278 395 397 397 397 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 390 Mixed 306 SusWrite 359 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 40.8 154% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 190 159% 226 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 98.6% 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 (93^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 61%

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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	621x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	476x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	424x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	294x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	207x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	71x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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	79x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	40x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16