Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.3% 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	63.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 14:22
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 247 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 678 70% 563 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 138 Parallax 117 99% 126 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 123 Splatting 104 87% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.09 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 161 117 136 115 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 431 Write 226 Mixed 100 SusWrite 138 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 15.4 95% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 56.1 87% 166 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 99%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 443GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 339 427 418 414 409 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 431 Mixed 405 SusWrite 381 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 54.2 190% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 365 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 205GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 169 170 169 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 130 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 169 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 114%
Adata SP920SS 2TB 544GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 145 147 147 149 154 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 144 Write 176 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 147 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 170GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 93 93 94 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 155 Write 151 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 92.9 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 121%

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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%

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	616x
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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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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