Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.1% 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	87.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '20 at 00:00
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 188 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 422 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.8 92% 111 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 105 Splatting 101 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SS 500GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4110 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 133 111 116 114 126 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Read 309 Write 148 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 130 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 50.1 179% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 209 171% 243 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 115%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 43GB free Firmware: 2.28 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 199 200 204 199 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 371 Write 251 Mixed 265 SusWrite 199 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.2 161% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 115 115% 185 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 91%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 100GB free Firmware: 04.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 146 145 147 147 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 146 Mixed 105 SusWrite 146 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.5 321% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 290GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 139 133 132 134 136 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 184 Mixed 77 SusWrite 135 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX 0793 IR1600D364L10/8G 16GB 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 19.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns

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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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	470x
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 $38Bench 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	77x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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