Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.2% 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 DriveThe 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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97-HD3  (all builds)
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20150731
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 20 '17 at 21:31
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 123
2-Core 230
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 434
8-Core 637
67% 535 Pts
64-Core 647
40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
83.2% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 106
Parallax 94.2
86% 102 fps
MRender 93.9
Gravity 95
Splatting 93.6
77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159
443GB free
Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
50.3% Above average
Read 86.9
Write 88.1
Mixed 88.7
66% 87.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.87
4K Mixed 0.39
103% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 50.3%
Great: 51%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
307GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Read 150
Write 126
Mixed 134
103% 137 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.55
4K Mixed 0.13
62% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
57.1% Above average
MC Read 21
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 16.8
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 20.5
SC Mixed 18.9
52% 18.1 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 57.1%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97-HD3 Builds (Compare 2,408 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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