Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.3% 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	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140603
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 00:14
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 442 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 29 Parallax 30.4 21% 28.3 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 30.8 22% 26.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 363GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7086 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 229 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 67 47 227634446369	56.7% Above average	Read 479 Write 78.6 Mixed 205 55% 254 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 7.53 81% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 32.8 76% 162 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 90%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18733 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 75 75 751 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1990 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 51 210453397539 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 75 75 25 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15285611691 (F7) Unknown 100 100 501340022 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1150577329	73.8% Very good	Read 478 Write 133 Mixed 212 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 26.8 127% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 39.3 70% 141 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 223242840 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7275727 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 346 (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 68 52 538705952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28749 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 73014444064 (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 76059575847234 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3615762403 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6818964376	96.5% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 151 Mixed 156 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 713GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145436632 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5133 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10139848 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 373 (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 69 56 9128509471 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 119466 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 -140737488355297 (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 -47085726461777 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6097909528 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7738888996	102% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 155 Mixed 146 125% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-050.A00LF 99U5471-050.A00LF 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.8% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	470x
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	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 $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 $178	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