Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '24 at 23:38
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 515 57% 450 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 85% 106 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 118 147 144 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 456 Write 396 Mixed 209 SusWrite 149 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 51.6 4K Mixed 16.9 88% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 99 DQ Mixed 32.9 45% 81.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 56%
Seagate SkyHawk 1TB (2016)-$46 7,846 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 931GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 173 174 174 174 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 168 Mixed 75.9 SusWrite 174 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-084.A00LF 99U5471-039.A00LF 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	50	13	144	23.8"	1920 1017	GSM5BB2 LG ULTRAGEAR

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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	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	417x

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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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