Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97-HD3  (all builds)
Memory6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140424
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 10 '19 at 20:51
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU10%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Memory 92.9
1-Core 89.3
2-Core 199
74% 127 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 550
59% 471 Pts
64-Core 552
34% 552 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
85% Excellent
Lighting 121
Reflection 123
Parallax 114
99% 120 fps
MRender 142
Gravity 103
Splatting 0.09
58% 81.7 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 85%
Great: 97%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
897GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 130 132 114 107 119 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
81.3% Excellent
Read 156
Write 165
Mixed 105
SusWrite 127
102% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
59.3% Above average
MC Read 22
MC Write 21.5
MC Mixed 17.4
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 19.1
52% 18.4 GB/s
Latency 62.4
64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 59.3%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97-HD3 Builds (Compare 2,405 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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