Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% 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	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	16 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 15:52
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 111 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 603 64% 512 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.1% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 115 Parallax 102 79% 105 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 86.4 76% 94 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$80 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 786GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 466 470 472 473 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 464 Mixed 397 SusWrite 468 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 55.7 187% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 290 238% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 798GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 178 154 179 173 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 139 Write 118 Mixed 31 SusWrite 170 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 26 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 24.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16