Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '18 at 16:15
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 704 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 186 Parallax 188 138% 181 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 169 Splatting 120 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 37 35 36 38 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 366 Write 80.2 Mixed 105 SusWrite 38 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 23.9 103% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 66.6 DQ Mixed 54.5 81% 160 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 85%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 86GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 209 208 207 213 220 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 400 Write 276 Mixed 273 SusWrite 209 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 49.1 185% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 254 198% 271 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 95%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 54 55 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 410 Mixed 400 SusWrite 91.8 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 49.9 176% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 241 194% 273 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 91%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 548GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 79 81 80 81 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 66.8 Write 59 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 80.6 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 330GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 90 84 84 90 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 18.5 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 86.3 38% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 197% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 65%

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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	468x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	290x
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
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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