Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.65% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	134% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 07 '19 at 16:01
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 206 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 286 39% 288 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5057 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	3.65% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 5.54 Parallax 4.5 3% 4.57 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.87 5% 5.82 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.65% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO 250G 250GB 3,453 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 427 367 291 291 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 494 Mixed 464 SusWrite 349 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 71.7 245% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 122%
Ssds3025 6XQC800134237 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 177GB free Firmware: S8FM SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 360 356 369 368 368 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	85.4% Excellent	Read 509 Write 384 Mixed 246 SusWrite 364 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 23.1 117% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 70.9 84% 144 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 564GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 207 208 213 211 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 164 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 210 106% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 112%
WDC WD10 SPZX-24Z10T0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 441GB free, PID 0578 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 107 107 109 109 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.3% Average	Read 104 Write 99.5 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 107 114% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 38% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8A-PB HMT451U6BFR8A-PB HMT451U6AFR8A-PB HMT451U6BFR8A-PB 16GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 59%

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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 $300	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