Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97-HD3  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140424
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 23 '20 at 02:15
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User MMR-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770-$75
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 89.1
1-Core 111
2-Core 193
77% 131 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 575
59% 476 Pts
64-Core 583
36% 583 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152
Device(7377 0000) 2GB
CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.79
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
12.1% Very poor
Lighting 16.1
Reflection 17.1
Parallax 21.6
13% 18.3 fps
MRender 21.3
Gravity 20.4
Splatting 0.2
10% 14 fps
Poor: 13%
This bench: 12.1%
Great: 15%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S0530B0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 12 11 14 14 132 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Toshiba DT01ABA200V 2TB
760GB free
Firmware: MZ4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 122 106 123 125 126 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
74.7% Very good
Read 141
Write 126
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 119
74% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.3
72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DCLT4GN128S 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
58% Above average
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 16.8
56% 19.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 21.2
SC Mixed 19.2
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 68.3
59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 58%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97-HD3 Builds (Compare 2,429 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $750
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