Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.51% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	15.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 14:35
Run Duration	1116 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79 11,598 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 103 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 373 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 379 23% 379 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gainward(10B0 0F00) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	5.51% Terrible	Lighting 5.03 Reflection 6 Parallax 4.31 4% 5.12 fps	MRender 14.7 Gravity 9.93 Splatting 7.09 8% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.51% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z220 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 100 526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 34 (A9) Unknown 100 100 23 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 176093659172 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2117 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1185 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1006	58.4% Above average	Read 459 Write 200 Mixed 283 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 3.5 90% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 3.55 24% 53.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 78%
WD WD2002FYPS-01U1B0 2TB 7,087 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 232 229 10383 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2866 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1049 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 153 153 143082 (C2) HDA temperature 107 103 45 (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	55.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 89.7 Mixed 97.8 73% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.31 120% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 63%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 4041 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 270 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 210 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 750 (C2) HDA temperature 105 103 42 (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	69.8% Good	Read 128 Write 115 Mixed 111 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 602GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193928696 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1946914 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 272 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 80 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 44 5084807212 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 132 (C2) HDA temperature 44 56 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 20 193928696 (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 -57174604644093 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2235909541 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2898328195	76.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 134 Mixed 126 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 425GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123396895 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4443336907 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 19109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 969 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25797198803 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 115 (BE) vendor-specific 63 42 21299431997477 (C2) HDA temperature 37 58 55834574885 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 32 123396895 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 157	60.9% Good	Read 106 Write 106 Mixed 98.2 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.36 92% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 854GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 35.7 Write 36.3 Mixed 34.3 46% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 750GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 694GB free, PID a00c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	3.37% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 1.04 Mixed 1.9 6% 7.24 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.08 8% 0.16 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 3.37% Great: 43%
Mass Storage Device 320GB 2,915 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 245GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 38.3 Mixed 37.1 48% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 20%
ST960821 A 60GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 39GB free, PID 8818 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.85% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 21.7 Mixed 14.7 23% 17.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.25 31% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.85% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z97-HD3 Builds (Compare 2,416 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	420x

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 $79Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16