Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics108% 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 Drive45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97-HD3  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160303
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateSep 12 '19 at 03:59
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU2%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92% Outstanding
Memory 95.8
1-Core 131
2-Core 259
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 512
8-Core 496
68% 504 Pts
64-Core 510
32% 510 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 92%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 115
Parallax 226
110% 158 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 128
Splatting 155
110% 132 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 108%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB
15GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE3000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 11 20 60 18 53 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
45.1% Average
Read 447
Write 130
Mixed 140
SusWrite 33.9
41% 188 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 18.4
4K Mixed 20.1
71% 20.7 MB/s
DQ Read 118
DQ Write 27.4
DQ Mixed 34.1
35% 60 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 45.1%
Great: 55%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
126GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 320 320 320 320 320 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
124% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 484
Mixed 393
SusWrite 336
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 47.1
4K Write 120
4K Mixed 63.4
216% 77 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 354
268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 124%
Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
439GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 140 140 139 139 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Read 162
Write 131
Mixed 97.3
SusWrite 140
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1.2
233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C11 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
74.6% Very good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 22.3
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 23.7
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 54.5
73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97-HD3 Builds (Compare 2,406 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $750
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HDDRAMUSB
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