Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140917
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 19:01
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 431 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 74.9 Parallax 63.7 53% 67.8 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 61.4 54% 66.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6589 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 552 (B1) Unknown 95 95 92 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 59749481225	94% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 405 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 27.9 155% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 28.1 35% 60 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 134%
Seagate NAS HDD 2TB-$98 3,967 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 325GB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148846472 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1043 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22075885 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 306 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 36 64 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 453902363 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1065 (C2) HDA temperature 27 44 25769803803 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.5% Good	Read 131 Write 108 Mixed 86.9 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 57% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 100%
Toshiba MK7559GSXP 750GB-$118 5,761 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 240GB free Firmware: GN001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3133 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 280 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 8951 (0A) Spinup retry count 162 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 823 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 74078 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684118041 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 26 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 32 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 80 (DE) Loaded hours 91 91 3653 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 332 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	22.3% Poor	Read 1.72 Write 75.9 Mixed 64.2 36% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.15 54% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 56%
Hitachi HDS723020ALA640 2TB 565 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 66GB free Firmware: MK7OAAU0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 94 (03) Spinup time 130 130 38686294494 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 677 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 725 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 725 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 223338758176 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 91.5 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.37 101% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 82%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 37GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 126 Write 37.6 Mixed 49.7 75% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.31 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.66 86% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 23.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 72%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	28x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	14x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	10x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
870 EVO 2TBSamsung $167Bench 113%, 31,076 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	3x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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