Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics95% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive176% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97-HD3  (all builds)
Memory20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150731
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 14 '18 at 03:09
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Memory 87.5
1-Core 124
2-Core 242
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 649
65% 528 Pts
64-Core 652
40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
95% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 126
Parallax 118
98% 122 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 109
Splatting 109
90% 109 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 95%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
593GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 742 776 834 849 851 852 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
176% Outstanding
Read 926
Write 898
Mixed 666
SusWrite 817
186% 827 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 58.9
195% 68.1 MB/s
DQ Read 671
DQ Write 594
DQ Mixed 631
474% 632 MB/s
Poor: 120%
This bench: 176%
Great: 445%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
429GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 94 95 94 93 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
49.2% Average
Read 77.5
Write 85.3
Mixed 51.2
SusWrite 93.5
56% 76.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 62%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 500GB
6GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 79 81 78 76 80 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
45.2% Average
Read 78.5
Write 75.2
Mixed 52
SusWrite 79.1
52% 71.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 45.2%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB
1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
50.3% Above average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 15.4
49% 17.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 16.7
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 70
57% 70 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 50.3%
Great: 53%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97-HD3 Builds (Compare 2,408 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 35%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $750
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