Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.5% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '23 at 01:39
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 way below expectations (11^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 186 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 473 51% 403 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 103 86% 107 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 101 Splatting 92.2 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 240GB 7,812 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 441 Write 393 Mixed 328 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 34.3 115% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 252 207% 294 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 90%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 39GB free Firmware: O1230C Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 460 Write 325 Mixed 315 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 34.9 117% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 220 182% 261 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 421GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 85.2 Write 93 Mixed 71.1 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 555GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 181 181 179 185 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 119 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 178 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 24GB free, PID 0059 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 21.2 Write 5.7 Mixed 4.7 10% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 61%

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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	70	59	144	24"	1280 720	ACR0559 Acer KG240 A

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	438x
Core i5-4690KIntel $95Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4790Intel $185Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	271x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	218x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	136x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	108x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $40Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	55x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	27x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $829

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $310	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $460	Crucial MX500 250GB $34
Intel Core i3-12100F $98	Nvidia RTX 3070 $568	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $164	Nvidia RTX 3050 $298	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $50	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $49	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $417	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16