Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.7% 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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '17 at 04:20
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 702 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% 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: 1115 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Lighting 88.6 Reflection 61.9 Parallax 114 72% 88.1 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 84 Splatting 79.6 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 2.5 128GB 3,907 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC7110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1624 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 128521 (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 248778 (F2) Unknown 100 100 329856	94.7% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 303 Mixed 369 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 38.3 145% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 90.7 120% 218 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 308GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88576696 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2402 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8900733 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1269 (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 63 54 623181861 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22418 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 85899345957 (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 41296110552083 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10687258341 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72693467315	86% Excellent	Read 155 Write 145 Mixed 154 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 155GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 175 3608 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3701 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2975 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3203 (C2) HDA temperature 104 95 43 (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	51.6% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 86.5 Mixed 83.9 66% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.42 108% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% 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 @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.9% 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	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 $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