Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.6% 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	44.7% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '16 at 15:46
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 691 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2774) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 361.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 41.3 Parallax 52.8 37% 46.6 fps	MRender 55.1 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 38.1 35% 44.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 665 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 74 58 180389478426	44.7% Average	Read 480 Write 98.8 Mixed 161 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 3.93 65% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 48.2 DQ Mixed 0.29 11% 24.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 83%
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 15GB free Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3465 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (AB) Unknown 80 80 40416336 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 31 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1177 (F2) Unknown 100 100 854 (F9) Unknown 100 100 55810023	80.2% Excellent	Read 493 Write 407 Mixed 444 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 15.5 113% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 82.9 60% 74.3 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 100%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 52GB free Firmware: 04.04V06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 34 (03) Spinup time 197 196 3141 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3101 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2466 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3104 (C2) HDA temperature 124 101 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.5% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 96.5 Mixed 92.8 72% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.56 148% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 68%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 20GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 122 (03) Spinup time 193 185 3316 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7618 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5584 (BE) vendor-specific 71 40 29 (C2) HDA temperature 118 87 29 (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 19424 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	25.6% Poor	Read 43.1 Write 45.7 Mixed 39 32% 42.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,100 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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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 $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	76x
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