Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58% 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	114% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 09:44
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 610 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 76.6 Parallax 70 58% 72.7 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 73 Splatting 70.1 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 363 320 222 184 178 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 476 Mixed 392 SusWrite 253 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.9 204% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 356 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 54GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 42 42 43 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 151 Write 39.2 Mixed 39.1 SusWrite 41.7 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 75GB free Firmware: 9128 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 136 135 131 133 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 134 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 108%
Seagate ST8000VE001-3CC101 8TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 6TB free Firmware: EV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 233 238 240 241 242 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 36% Great: 127%
JMicron Generic 512GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 370GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 333 349 360 360 353 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 360 Write 376 Mixed 321 SusWrite 332 473% 347 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 23.2 1,763% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 36.5 DQ Mixed 27.8 2,278% 29.6 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 272%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 2x8GB 1,803 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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