Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.8% 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	26.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 13:08
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 204 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 540 55% 443 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PwrHis(1787 A56D) 2GB CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 32.7 22% 30.3 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 27 Splatting 30.1 23% 28.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Power 120GB 120GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0712B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 158 10 30 25 15 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.1% Poor	Read 399 Write 166 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 46 34% 159 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 28% 6.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 203GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 118 116 121 121 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 97.8 Write 93.2 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 119 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5471-033.A00LF 1x8GB 805 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.5 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 9.6 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 34%

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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	619x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	292x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	78x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16