Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	74.5% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '17 at 10:25
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	PSE-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 (95^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 603 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.6 85% 105 fps	MRender 96.8 Gravity 95.3 Splatting 98.4 79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 211 100 2003 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 615 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1009 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1060 (A9) Unknown 100 100 48 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1041 (AE) Unknown 100 100 212 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 257698037790 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 220726 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20115 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12571	74.5% Very good	Read 502 Write 360 Mixed 409 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 4.39 107% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 4.76 24% 50.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 825GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 127 127 25789333802 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4679 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 890 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6095 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6095 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 197569019934 (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 200 200 1	85.5% Excellent	Read 152 Write 146 Mixed 147 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.24 109% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 108%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 105GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 132 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3785 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9301 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 608 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3636 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	69.6% Good	Read 118 Write 125 Mixed 108 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$33 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 27GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 91 83 146645346 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9629 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 288149098 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 85 85 15396 (B7) Unknown 86 86 14 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2589 (BC) Unknown 100 94 450978644190 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 504365086 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 21474836510 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 26 146645346 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 121 72014 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68075231676794 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3726898650 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2669818300	35.7% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 57.5 Mixed 61.1 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.58 118% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 2x8GB 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 61%

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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	616x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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