Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '18 at 07:59
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 601 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3722) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (69 fps cap detected)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 69 Parallax 60.5 57% 66.6 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 69 56% 68.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4579 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 526 (64) Unknown 100 100 9319680 (65) Unknown 100 100 1891712 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 151 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 2800 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1356 (B7) Unknown 96 96 44 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 100 180389937182 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 91 91 9 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17348 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10806 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14033 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10171 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	63.4% Good	Read 470 Write 246 Mixed 121 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 12.1 77% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 4.12 45% 112 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 88%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$95 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3.5TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 68 56773680 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1445049 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 99132140158990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (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 70 68 538443806 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 103079215134 (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 71962177044488 (F1) Unknown 100 253 318272894 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28683292	98.7% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 168 Mixed 147 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.24 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 106GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 93.6 Write 85.8 Mixed 77.1 108% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.24 77% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,780 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 17.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 91%

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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	617x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16