Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	17.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '21 at 09:49
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 162 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 356 48% 356 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 39 Parallax 54.3 35% 45.3 fps	MRender 55.4 Gravity 51.9 Splatting 41.3 40% 49.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,488 Write 4,268 Mixed 4,488 1,056% 4,748 MB/s	4K Read 393 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 224 969% 260 MB/s	DQ Read 1,275 DQ Write 879 DQ Mixed 1,038 786% 1,064 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 367GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 74 79 80 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	54% Above average	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 79.2 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 84%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 266GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 79 80 81 80 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 90.4 Write 17.9 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 75.7 43% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 77%
Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ 500GB 10,272 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 181GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 97 98 100 98 100 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 120 Write 26.2 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 94.3 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 18.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 64%

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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) $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