Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.41% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 18:15
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 573 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3553) 1GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.41% Terrible	Lighting 10.5 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 12.3 9% 10.9 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 12.6 Splatting 13.7 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.41% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 88 98 104 106 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 162 Write 173 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 98.7 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 29GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 154 143 160 182 165 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 130 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 160 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 158GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 93 91 93 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 91.7 Write 60 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 91.5 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 182 181 184 184 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 143 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 182 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free, PID 0151 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 6.1 7.4 5.8 7.4 5.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	6.39% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 2.2 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 6.6 10% 8.45 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 57% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.39% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-002.A00LF 99U5471-002.A00LF 99U5474-016.A00LF 99U5474-016.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.7% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.8 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 38%

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

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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	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	418x

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 $75Bench 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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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16