Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	162% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '24 at 15:33
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 192 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 343 39% 306 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$479 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Zotac(19DA 1653) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.23 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 242 Reflection 211 Parallax 208 198% 221 fps	MRender 249 Gravity 157 Splatting 125 139% 177 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 9GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 432 Write 458 Mixed 356 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 47.8 160% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 356 266% 354 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 18GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 67 23 113 32 10 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 387 Write 147 Mixed 224 SusWrite 69.9 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 27.2 100% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 122 119% 189 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 132 114 140 154 157 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 24.7 Write 164 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 136 64% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.4 424% 3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.8 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 69%

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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	45	8	120	27"	1280 720	MSI3CA7 MSI MAG272

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	619x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	292x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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