Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.39% 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	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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 15:27
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 184 67% 118 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 360 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%

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. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.14% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.5 3% 4.17 fps	MRender 7.4 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 4.7 4% 4.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.14% Great: 3%
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 3747) 2GB CLim: 1084 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.39% Terrible	Lighting 9.4 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 12.1 8% 11.1 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 10.8 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.39% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 491GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 23 14 18 12 9.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 24.9 Write 27.4 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 16 14% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.1 35% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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