Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín, 3840x2160x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '23 at 12:37
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 591 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.61% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 7.1 3% 4.6 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5 4% 5.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.61% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 4060-$300 48,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Asus(1043 8903) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 4250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 201 Parallax 128 114% 156 fps	MRender 199 Gravity 133 Splatting 106 115% 146 fps
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 127%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 121 97 97 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 274 Write 229 Mixed 237 SusWrite 93.1 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 37.9 130% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 204 161% 221 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 139 139 134 128 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 135 Mixed 93 SusWrite 135 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 84%
Hds728080pla380 40Y9028LEN 80GB 672 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 66GB free Firmware: PF2OA65A SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	25% Poor	Read 43.2 Write 41.9 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 43.4 29% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 22.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 72%

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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	71	59	60	27"	1280 720	SAM0B67 S27D390

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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	616x
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 $300	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