Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '20 at 21:29
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 227 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 444 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 92.8 Parallax 81.3 81% 91.3 fps	MRender 67 Gravity 82.6 Splatting 74.6 61% 74.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$86 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 585GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 669 674 663 663 678 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 958 Mixed 1010 SusWrite 614 214% 956 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 80.7 256% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,182 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 622 567% 874 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 372%
Micron 1100 SATA 512GB 5,508 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 317GB free Firmware: M0DL022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 296 303 315 316 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 352 Mixed 359 SusWrite 284 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.4 149% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 325 245% 327 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 100%
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 94GB free Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 277 299 295 295 296 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 418 Mixed 307 SusWrite 270 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 39.8 141% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 171 171% 271 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,884 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 26.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%

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

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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	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 $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	76x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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