Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.06% 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	62.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 12:49
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 597 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.9% 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: 417.71 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.06% Terrible	Lighting 9 Reflection 8.77 Parallax 10.3 7% 9.36 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 8.63 Splatting 12.7 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.06% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 167 170 173 172 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 501 Write 165 Mixed 241 SusWrite 170 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 9.4 4K Mixed 14.9 79% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 20.2 58% 136 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 27GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 149 147 184 131 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 122 Write 68.5 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 157 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 150GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 90 93 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 88.3 Write 55 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 91.1 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 182 182 183 181 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 154 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 182 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

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	38.4% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 12.2 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 38%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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