Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Raft


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.8% 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	52.5% 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 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140507
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 18:23
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 605 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Palit(1569 1184) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 52.1 36% 45 fps	MRender 51.8 Gravity 48.7 Splatting 36.1 36% 45.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6591 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2020 (A6) Unknown 100 100 60 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 273 (A9) Unknown 100 100 162 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 167 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 79 38 163209543701 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1336 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 21562 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6896 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5599 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	52.5% Above average	Read 399 Write 152 Mixed 239 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 14.1 73% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 48.9 DQ Mixed 34.3 50% 97.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 647GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5997 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4180 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2011 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5971 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 20 (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	93.6% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 142 Mixed 142 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.32 117% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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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 $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