Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.5% 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	51.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	48.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 21:42
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 187 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 362 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.5% Very poor	Lighting 19.7 Reflection 23.2 Parallax 18.5 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 25.7 20% 24.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1093 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1467 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1048578 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 182 182 240547594559 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 171800592417 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	51.3% Above average	Read 420 Write 102 Mixed 38.2 40% 187 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 8.37 74% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 15.5 51% 114 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 92%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1TB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127992912 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11355371 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (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 59 555352095 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 593 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 73014444063 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.8% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 98.8 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 1,828 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 20.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 61%

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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%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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