Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81.9% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (91%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '20 at 18:05
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	91%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 197 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 394 55% 406 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 69.7 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 86.5 57% 75 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 55.8 53% 65.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY Optima 240GB-$64 788 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 177 98 127 109 126 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 448 Write 287 Mixed 267 SusWrite 140 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 40.3 140% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 92.7 116% 208 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 98%
Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 480GB 395GB free Firmware: 504ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 220 220 221 222 222 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.2% Good	Read 479 Write 315 Mixed 342 SusWrite 220 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 25.5 89% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 124 102% 150 MB/s

PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 58GB free, PID 00c4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.6 4.8 4.8 4.8 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	4.31% Terrible	Read 12.7 Write 10.7 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 4.3 10% 8.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.31% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 24GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 78.9 51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 53%

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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	469x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
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
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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	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 $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) $30	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