Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '18 at 23:28
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 239 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 530 60% 472 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5670) ≥ 4GB; EVGA 08G-P4-5670-KR CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 140 Parallax 122 108% 132 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 90% 110 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB 3,306 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 238 158 283 290 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 291 Mixed 285 SusWrite 257 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.4 156% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 182 162% 244 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 96%
WDC WD5000AAKX-00ERMA0 480GB 227GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 403 403 402 402 401 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 389 Write 397 Mixed 273 SusWrite 401 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 42.1 160% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 190 169% 253 MB/s

Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 500GB-$40 5,497 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 460GB free Firmware: K2AOAB0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 59 59 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 51.9 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 58.5 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 34%
GB1000EAFJL 1TB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: HPGC SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 106 105 102 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 104 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-8GSR 0420 F3-1866C10-8GSR 0420 F3-2400C11-8GSR 0420 F3-1866C10-8GSR 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 18.7 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $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