Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.9% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	16.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '18 at 23:15
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 243 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 467 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 44 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 37 36% 41.1 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 34.6 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 459 Write 411 Mixed 239 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.2 166% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 203 182% 276 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 69GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 180 179 178 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 175 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 180 111% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 238% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 18GB free Firmware: HP16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 136 131 127 121 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 106 Write 88 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 128 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 114%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 33GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 149 158 140 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 144 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 313% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB HMT451U6AFR8C-PB Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

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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	619x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	473x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	292x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	78x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16