Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '23 at 02:24
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 369 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BD) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.7% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 45 Parallax 40.2 34% 42.2 fps	MRender 37.1 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 35.5 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 26 29 30 32 31 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 421GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 193 199 197 201 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 175 Mixed 75 SusWrite 198 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-002.A00LF 2x4GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 59%

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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: 0P 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	69	57	60	24"	1920 1017	ACI2494 VE248

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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	473x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	423x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	293x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	206x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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