Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.9% 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	76.1% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 14:45
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 234 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 676 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% 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 (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 138 Parallax 117 98% 125 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 122 Splatting 105 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.9% 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: 212 263 256 122 164 114 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 434 Write 286 Mixed 212 SusWrite 188 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 29 117% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 56.2 99% 193 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 99%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 443GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 354 424 430 429 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 437 Mixed 418 SusWrite 385 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 59.5 206% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 364 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 205GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 170 171 171 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 125 Mixed 74 SusWrite 170 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 114%
Adata SP920SS 2TB 544GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 150 153 153 152 153 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 147 Write 177 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 150 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 106% 0.9 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 170GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 157 Write 149 Mixed 98.8 SusWrite 93.6 92% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% 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 (69^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 121%

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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	615x
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 $160Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

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