Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	85.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '23 at 04:10
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (56^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 364 44% 338 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% PowerColor(148C 2359) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1475 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.3% Very poor	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 9.8 Parallax 5.7 4% 6.8 fps	MRender 44.2 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 31.9 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 375 332 370 421 387 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 373 Write 422 Mixed 294 SusWrite 362 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 32.1 111% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 254 209% 298 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 101%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 301GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 97 97 163 101 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,235 Write 1,053 Mixed 908 SusWrite 188 189% 846 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 57.6 189% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 580 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 274 258% 406 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 255%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 185 181 188 190 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 154 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 185 98% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.9 277% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[1/6/3]996(F) 4x4GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 26 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 23.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 84%

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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	420x

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	156x

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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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