Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 20:58
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 494 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 82%

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 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Asus(1043 2015) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1405 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 21.7 Reflection 29.4 Parallax 32.4 18% 27.8 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 24.1 Splatting 35.8 24% 28.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 84 81 76 81 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 218 Write 121 Mixed 158 SusWrite 84.5 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 31.8 110% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 91.5 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 91.6 73% 100 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 73%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 29GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 349 311 324 348 351 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 494 Write 354 Mixed 245 SusWrite 336 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 15 124% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 84.1 104% 178 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 86%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 587GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 106 109 109 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 108 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 62%
WD Se 1TB (2013)-$18 2,236 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 303GB free Firmware: 01.01M02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 106 108 106 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 154 Write 152 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 106 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 104%

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)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 72%

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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	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	470x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16