Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 06:46
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 245 90% 157 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 676 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 152 Parallax 131 122% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 138 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2098 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1039 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 446 (EB) Unknown 99 99 180 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26352902604	97.1% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 404 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 23.7 141% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 23.9 82% 177 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 134%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 178 5741 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1676 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48455 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 29 (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	75% Very good	Read 127 Write 134 Mixed 124 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.26 95% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC9C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150866528 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8639579271 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 800 (B7) Unknown 77 77 23 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 12885098524 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 39176241183 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23574 (C2) HDA temperature 31 57 73014444063 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 73 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 53416508262197 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40858173930276 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -57045096224698	102% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 198 Mixed 133 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Patriot Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 32GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 29GB free, PID 5100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 32 Mixed 20.3 36% 29 MB/s	4K Read 4.72 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.34 58% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 86%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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