Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 154% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	194% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.9% 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	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	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 05:12
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 241 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 646 62% 513 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 3080-$910 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% MSI(1462 3896) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	194% Outstanding	Lighting 284 Reflection 253 Parallax 291 231% 276 fps	MRender 322 Gravity 236 Splatting 172 191% 243 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 195 182 193 188 142 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 480 Write 325 Mixed 275 SusWrite 182 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 37.8 143% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 205 188% 289 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 365 367 361 345 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 358 Write 369 Mixed 226 SusWrite 339 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 27.9 91% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 174 127% 166 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 126%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 931GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 604 615 622 598 569 313 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,258 Write 1,205 Mixed 1,174 SusWrite 553 235% 1,048 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 71.1 242% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,116 DQ Write 924 DQ Mixed 1,011 760% 1,017 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 347%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 896GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 165 165 162 142 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 143 Mixed 43.6 SusWrite 160 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 6TB 6,833 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 42 42 41 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 32.9 Write 38.1 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 40.5 26% 35 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.5 218% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 2x8GB 3,520 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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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	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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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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