Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '21 at 08:35
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 323 46% 336 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 181 Parallax 174 136% 174 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 175 Splatting 120 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 147GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 342 435 451 410 410 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 460 Mixed 408 SusWrite 376 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 52.6 176% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 286 237% 341 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 125%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3H01103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 281 403 428 387 392 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 498 Write 378 Mixed 115 SusWrite 343 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 16.3 119% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 45.8 94% 184 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 269GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 123 124 124 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 112 Write 107 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 122 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 195GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 90.9 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD38G16002 2x8GB 6,044 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 61%

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

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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	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	470x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
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
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	77x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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