Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 178% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 152% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	196% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '21 at 18:22
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 261 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 745 75% 611 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6900-XT-$1,000 16,057 User benchmarks, average bench 195% Sapphire(1DA2 440E) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 21.10.2 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	196% Outstanding	Lighting 257 Reflection 257 Parallax 552 210% 356 fps	MRender 395 Gravity 201 Splatting 290 240% 296 fps
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 209%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60pnv2t04 NVMe TOSHIBA 2048GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 10704103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 869 856 863 859 860 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,308 Write 1,204 Mixed 1,163 SusWrite 800 251% 1,119 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 77.7 266% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,290 DQ Write 1,041 DQ Mixed 1,029 807% 1,120 MB/s
Poor: 198% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 345%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 756GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 337 331 333 335 335 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 487 Mixed 442 SusWrite 315 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 59.7 206% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 661GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 102 116 119 119 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 132 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 110 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 26.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 26.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 109%

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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	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