Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '16 at 00:25
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 582 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3287) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7586 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 62.9 62% 70.3 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 68.4 Splatting 70.9 58% 70.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: X411 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3925 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 610 (A5) Unknown 100 100 841925527059 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 28 (A9) Unknown 100 100 175 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 64 274878300183 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4587061380140 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4201 (EA) Unknown 100 100 15934 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12635 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5229 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.2% Very good	Read 489 Write 306 Mixed 324 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 17.7 83% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 41.6 83% 169 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 999GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232716344 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17213442 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1539 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 81 54 764924198931 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 36879 (C2) HDA temperature 19 46 -140737488355309 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 91487098374186 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22812293103 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37225795344	98% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 165 Mixed 159 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.29 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 695GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 128 118 4583 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8074 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1742 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 88595 (C2) HDA temperature 125 100 18 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.7% Very good	Read 97.7 Write 149 Mixed 139 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.22 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 241GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5941 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7709 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3176 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 164964 (C2) HDA temperature 127 104 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.8% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 52.5 Mixed 59 44% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.M16 2x8GB 2,915 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.2 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.2% 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	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	469x
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 $37Bench 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	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) $30	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