Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.1% 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.
Boot Drive	72.8% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit, Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	14.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '21 at 20:23
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 344 47% 347 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 18 Parallax 18.4 14% 17.9 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 16.8 14% 17 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 500G 500GB 12,292 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 214 190 243 198 240 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 330 Write 262 Mixed 196 SusWrite 212 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 42.5 140% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 41.3 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 34.4 34% 51.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 116%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 67GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 257 260 275 263 242 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 331 Write 253 Mixed 181 SusWrite 258 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 22.8 91% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 32.2 30% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 91%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 277GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 66 70 66 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 90.2 Write 79.5 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 66.4 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 87%
JetFlash Transcend 8GB 1,070 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 14 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	8.55% Terrible	Read 24.5 Write 12 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 14.7 19% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.55% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 99U5584-005.A00LF 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 61%

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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 $109Bench 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 $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) $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