Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 23:00
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 435 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% ASRock(1849 5038) ≥ 4GB; phantom gaming u CLim: 1560 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Lighting 85.3 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 117 70% 94.3 fps	MRender 75.7 Gravity 85.8 Splatting 64.3 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MTFDDAK256TBN-1AR1ZABHA 256GB 2,468 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: HPC0012 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 469 Write 480 Mixed 399 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.5 155% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 309 224% 286 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 94%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 331GB free Firmware: GR2OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 102 103 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 97.8 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 102 61% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2B2133C11 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2B2133C11 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns

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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	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