Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.4% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '17 at 05:50
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 243 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 443 48% 379 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 109 64% 82.3 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 81.5 Splatting 77 60% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 2.5 128GB 3,907 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC7110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1606 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 127897 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 896 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 247500 (F2) Unknown 100 100 328235	92.4% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 305 Mixed 369 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 36.7 136% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 83.4 117% 216 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 308GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133619240 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2351 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8823288 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1251 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 655949863 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22233 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 85899345959 (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 -57836029606923 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10666213109 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72640350375	88.5% Excellent	Read 167 Write 142 Mixed 138 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$50 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 155GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3650 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2957 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 486 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3163 (C2) HDA temperature 102 95 45 (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	53.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 84.9 Mixed 84.6 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.39 101% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.9 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 64%

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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	468x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	290x
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
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	63x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	81x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	75x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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