Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	48.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '21 at 04:27
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 252 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 518 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 2312) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1371 MHz, MLim: 1931 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.7.2 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	48.3% Average	Lighting 59.3 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 88.4 48% 70.7 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 47.8 48% 60.4 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 58GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 144 144 143 138 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 476 Mixed 336 SusWrite 160 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 53.6 192% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 177 184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$50 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 196 197 197 196 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 477 Mixed 334 SusWrite 210 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 55 194% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 277 222% 314 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 821GB free Firmware: MS2OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 182 179 180 181 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 157 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 180 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 64%

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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%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	617x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	78x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16