Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.8% 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 Drive	79.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 14:31
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 209 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 584 63% 499 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 1F08) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 111 Parallax 107 95% 112 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 77.7 80% 101 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 120GB 1,888 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 83 86 43 89 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 435 Write 403 Mixed 339 SusWrite 85.5 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 36.8 136% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 172 175% 284 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 146GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 210 272 228 204 285 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 151 Write 95.8 Mixed 298 SusWrite 245 45% 197 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 40.7 128% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 209 182% 267 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 420GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 197 199 201 202 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 153 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 200 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Seagate M3 500GB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 192GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 42 41 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 38 Write 39.5 Mixed 27 SusWrite 40.9 27% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 71%

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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	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	417x

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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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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