Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '21 at 04:45
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 236 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 596 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 3 Parallax 7.8 3% 4.97 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.6 5% 5.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 122 81 119 96 95 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 246 Write 200 Mixed 204 SusWrite 105 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 35.8 131% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 153 117% 154 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 85%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 124 124 124 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 101 Write 127 Mixed 94.4 SusWrite 117 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.8 230% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 577GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 76 74 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 72.6 Write 77.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 75.9 92% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 392 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	75	23.8"	1280 720	AOC2402 24V2W1G5

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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