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 (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.2% 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	85.8% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2880 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '20 at 05:31
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 688 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.6% 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 (98^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 121 Parallax 122 106% 124 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 87.8 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 181 192 171 172 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 467 Write 240 Mixed 185 SusWrite 177 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 37.3 149% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 123 124% 203 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 91%
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 52GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 466 Mixed 364 SusWrite 119 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.5 167% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 180 179% 285 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 97%
Intenso Sata III 512GB 868 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 180GB free Firmware: O1225L SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 266 399 399 399 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 399 Mixed 308 SusWrite 361 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 41.9 156% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 191 160% 227 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 99.9% 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 (96^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.9% 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%

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	622x
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	79x
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	82x
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