Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% 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	123% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 02:01
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 627 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 86% 106 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 287 283 283 281 283 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 486 Mixed 447 SusWrite 296 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 65.6 219% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 27GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 86 90 89 87 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 179 Write 115 Mixed 146 SusWrite 89.1 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 33.4 142% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 80.7 74% 114 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 223GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 116 116 116 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 139 Write 129 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 116 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 195 196 195 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 156 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 195 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 1,965 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 63%

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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	470x
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 $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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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