Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78.5% 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 Drive69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97-HD3  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141208
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 06 '19 at 09:03
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 112
2-Core 224
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 427
8-Core 431
57% 429 Pts
64-Core 420
26% 420 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 84%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.58
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.5% Very good
Lighting 99.8
Reflection 107
Parallax 106
81% 104 fps
MRender 89.6
Gravity 94.8
Splatting 85.1
73% 89.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0809
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 195 189 200 188 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
69.3% Good
Read 423
Write 190
Mixed 222
SusWrite 188
57% 256 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 19.2
122% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 135
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 58.4
62% 102 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 69.3%
Great: 70%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175
322GB free
Firmware: 000056R8
SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 160 152 200 169 173 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 507
Write 463
Mixed 395
SusWrite 210
88% 394 MB/s
4K Read 41
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 50.9
182% 65 MB/s
DQ Read 330
DQ Write 311
DQ Mixed 207
186% 282 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 104%
Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29
605GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 128 128 128 128 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Read 147
Write 148
Mixed 81.2
SusWrite 128
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
63.8% Good
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 23.6
MC Mixed 20.6
64% 22.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 21
SC Mixed 17.7
50% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 59.7
67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 63.8%
Great: 64%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97-HD3 Builds (Compare 2,451 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $750
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