Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	86.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 10:19
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Memory 55.6 1-Core 97 2-Core 202 64% 118 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 340 45% 337 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 110 Parallax 108 89% 109 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 100 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 12816759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 -57612691273597 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1356 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 553 (B1) Unknown 0 0 14 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 173 (C2) HDA temperature 128 30 128850985088 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12816759 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12816759 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12816759 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 41231 (EA) Unknown 0 0 34352 (F1) Unknown 0 0 34352 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24569	69.3% Good	Read 480 Write 223 Mixed 274 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 14.9 116% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 14.8 28% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 91%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 67GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3592212 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 13202729491867 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1362 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 565 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3592212 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3592212 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3592212 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 32846 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23094 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23094 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19372	66.3% Good	Read 474 Write 204 Mixed 270 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 11.8 111% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 12.9 29% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 75 (03) Spinup time 243 243 34372124955 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2455 (05) Reallocated sector count 44 44 1182 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2088 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2863 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3018 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 236224446506 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2639 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	91.4% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 165 Mixed 155 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 592GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120719203 (03) Spinup time 98 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7037 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 17 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 262508866 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 5037 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 190 (BE) vendor-specific 52 34 103664137601072 (C2) HDA temperature 48 66 73014444080 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 28 120719203 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -125644973250459 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1352742249 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2877784393	55% Above average	Read 110 Write 81.5 Mixed 91.3 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 11.6 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 141 28% 141 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	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 $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 $15	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