Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% 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	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 16:18
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 480 64% 479 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3960 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1518 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 364.51 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 61.5 52% 65.4 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 56.6 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 38GB free Firmware: S9FM01.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (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 8240 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1180 (A2) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 80 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458777 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 657 (F2) Unknown 100 100 574	47.9% Average	Read 279 Write 152 Mixed 130 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 5.54 85% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 2.53 26% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 84%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 16GB free Firmware: MU01 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 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8859 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1367 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 59 176094445598 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1775118840 (F7) Unknown 100 100 55647872 (F8) Unknown 100 100 84912293	93.2% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 329 Mixed 394 92% 414 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 30.8 145% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 98.7 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 20.6 68% 142 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 97%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 128436702922663 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1451 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 949 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 110 110 39246415 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 949 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 707763 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 20 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 707763 (F2) Unknown 100 100 181975 (F9) Unknown 100 100 23946	71.2% Very good	Read 478 Write 143 Mixed 193 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 19 124% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 12.6 51% 115 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 688GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 169 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1447 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2918 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 28 (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	91.7% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 169 Mixed 132 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.38 146% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 392 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 25.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 67%

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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 $37Bench 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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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