Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.6% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	21.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '19 at 17:18
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 513 58% 455 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 74.7 64% 77.3 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 72.5 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 59 59 57 56 57 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 442 Mixed 322 SusWrite 86.5 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 56.3 194% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 332 236% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 156GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 162 162 164 163 164 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 163 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 109%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 201GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 72 74 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 68.7 Mixed 41 SusWrite 73 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 55%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 403GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 66 66 63 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 79.3 Write 61.7 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 65.7 43% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 1315 BLT8G3D1608DT2TXRG 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.5% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 51%

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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	468x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	290x
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
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	81x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	75x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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