Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.9% 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	87.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 days ago, 14 days ago, 14 days ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '23 at 15:42
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	37%

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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 i5-4690K-$81 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 100 2-Core 194 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 348 44% 335 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$289 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 202 Parallax 206 101% 177 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 142 Splatting 95 94% 117 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$49 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 261 248 243 234 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 464 Write 269 Mixed 248 SusWrite 248 68% 307 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 32.7 127% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 207 189% 292 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 128%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$93 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 119 124 115 120 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 113 Write 75.3 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 119 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 83%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$48 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 01.02C.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 139 137 137 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 136 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 58%

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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	59	75	27"	1280 720	BNQ7F41 BenQ RL2755

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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	572x
Core i5-4690KIntel $81Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	428x
Core i7-4790Intel $145Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	390x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	274x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	190x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	71x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $50Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	63x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $102Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	60x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	78x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	36x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $30
Intel Core i5-12400F $149	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $360	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $195	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $340	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $49

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $50	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $357	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16