Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.97% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	9.71% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '24 at 14:22
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 565 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E344) CLim: 1250 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 23.7.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	7.97% Terrible	Lighting 0.3 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 36.6 0% 21.9 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 30.1 Splatting 26.6 23% 28.2 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 7.97% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EFRX-68FYTN0 1TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 90 45 59 65 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	9.71% Terrible	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 76 SusWrite 69.2 20% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 4% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.71% Great: 16%
WD WD10EFRX-68FYTN0 1TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 930GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 149 151 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 167 Write 142 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 150 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 4% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 63%

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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	43	7	75	23.9"	1920 1017	SAM707D LF24T35

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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	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