Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.5% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 23:18
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 216 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 486 55% 429 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 116 Parallax 108 89% 111 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 101 Splatting 99.5 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4TB free (System drive) Firmware: DN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 188 199 194 214 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 157 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 198 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 491% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 124 126 128 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 116 Write 115 Mixed 26 SusWrite 124 69% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.6 198% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 769GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 67 67 75 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 72 Write 54.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 67 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 67%
Maxtor Basics Portable 320GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 224GB free, PID 7450 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 40.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 42.3 51% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	469x
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 $37Bench 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	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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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