Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.8% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 19:51
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 228 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 686 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 1370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.6% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 78.9 Parallax 73.3 63% 76.5 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 70 Splatting 64.3 56% 69.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2065 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1226 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 43938 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 659469 (A5) Unknown 100 100 694 (A6) Unknown 100 100 593 (A7) Unknown 100 100 649 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2103338 (F2) Unknown 100 100 396145 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 81 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3260 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2103338 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 518 Write 150 Mixed 233 65% 300 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 33.4 141% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 64.6 86% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 536GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126901384 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49865899 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1229 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 68 504758300 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 48 48 104240 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 64424509468 (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 4986457035633 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19046331435 (F2) Unknown 100 253 339085213167	89% Excellent	Read 172 Write 139 Mixed 151 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 25.4 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 24.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 85%

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Gaming 42%

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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	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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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