Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.7% 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	79.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit, Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '19 at 08:39
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 137 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 259 8-Core 340 38% 299 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.65% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 6.12 Parallax 6.06 3% 5.28 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.13 5% 5.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.65% Great: 3%
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Lighting 51.4 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 68.4 42% 51.4 fps	MRender 32.2 Gravity 53.4 Splatting 43.1 35% 42.9 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 287 316 291 360 354 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 421 Write 361 Mixed 162 SusWrite 320 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 29.1 95% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 144 151% 249 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 110%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 10GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 71 70 63 66 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 80.3 Write 87.5 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 68.6 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 87%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 105 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 142 Write 129 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 103 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 100%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 647GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 91 92 57 51 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 52 Write 57 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 71.3 72% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 44%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 53GB free, PID 0723 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 17 20 20 17 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 17 Write 16 Mixed 16.3 SusWrite 17.9 23% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.1 140% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 14.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 3.4 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 63%

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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	616x
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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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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