Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	91.9% 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	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	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 09:18
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 426 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 451GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 427 302 250 250 251 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 430 Mixed 360 SusWrite 321 85% 375 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 36.2 137% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 324 244% 326 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 128 126 130 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 128 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 139 130 138 138 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 60 SusWrite 134 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 75%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$148 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 94GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 93 97 91 98 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 94.9 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB 2,913 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 24.3 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 72%

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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	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16