Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 21:20
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 84 2-Core 162 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 304 41% 304 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 1809 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 41.3 32% 41.8 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 29.8 30% 36.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 120GB-$14 42,288 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: P180516a SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 17 44 28 32 31 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	57% Above average	Read 457 Write 184 Mixed 102 SusWrite 34.7 42% 194 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 28.1 104% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 117 86% 111 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 88%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 69GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 95.5 Write 98.8 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 68.6 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ4GX3M1A1600C9 8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.4% Poor	MC Read 4.8 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 7.6 18% 6.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 7.6 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

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 $79Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16