Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '22 at 07:13
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 179 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 446 48% 383 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8821) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 113 Parallax 117 102% 119 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 84.9 84% 106 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 990 Write 859 Mixed 638 184% 829 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 44.4 147% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 466 347% 463 MB/s
Poor: 125% Great: 215%
King Web SSD 256GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 19GB free Firmware: P0115G Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 460 Write 412 Mixed 319 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 40.8 138% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 42.6 DQ Mixed 194 134% 173 MB/s
Poor: 85% Great: 102%
Hkvsn HS-SSD-C100/480G 480GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 151GB free Firmware: T180226 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 134 135 136 137 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 365 Write 447 Mixed 400 SusWrite 181 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 42.2 149% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 287 210% 271 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 681GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 186 199 198 203 204 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 198 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-033.A00LF 99P5471-033.A00LF 99P5471-033.A00LF 9905471-069.A00LF 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 62%

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

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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	619x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	292x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	158x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16