Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.8% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '23 at 21:35
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (57^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 610 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 545.92 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 82% 108 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 100 Splatting 91 79% 97.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 128GB 5,641 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: JUGB0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 197 247 244 242 247 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 494 Write 312 Mixed 319 SusWrite 221 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 39 130% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 241 192% 273 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 104%
Lexar NM790 2TB 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 471% 1.5TB free Firmware: 11296 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 919 1033 1063 1071 1053 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1286 Write 1,270 Mixed 1,219 SusWrite 931 265% 1,176 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 73.6 240% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 705 DQ Mixed 833 624% 839 MB/s
Poor: 291% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 626%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GA2133C11Y4 4x8GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.9 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 26.4 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 5: 0P 1R 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
5%	3%	38	218	60	60	20.1"	1680 1050	DEL4042 DELL 2009W

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	617x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
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	204x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	77x
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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16