Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '20 at 23:45
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 569 60% 479 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2976) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48% Average	Lighting 59.1 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 57 48% 60.2 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 56.4 Splatting 51.6 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 298 282 222 216 217 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 389 Write 343 Mixed 313 SusWrite 247 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 35.2 121% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 324 232% 300 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 99%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 574GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 91 92 92 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 93 Mixed 67 SusWrite 91.1 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 88%
WL4000GSA6454 4TB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.00F.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 168 166 164 170 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 151 Mixed 84 SusWrite 162 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.1 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 72%

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Typical GA-Z97-HD3P Builds (Compare 76 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	28x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	15x
Core i5-4690Intel $51Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	13x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	10x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
870 EVO 2TBSamsung $190Bench 113%, 31,076 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	3x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $738

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16