Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.8% 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	74.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 12 '16 at 05:33
Run Duration	379 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 578 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 64.2 60% 70.1 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 66 Splatting 59.8 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsai Force GT 120GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 43156248 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -89859305757392 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 653 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 286 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 60132556832 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 43156248 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 43156248 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 43156248 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24151 (EA) Unknown 0 0 18368 (F1) Unknown 0 0 18368 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11453	74.5% Very good	Read 479 Write 184 Mixed 251 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 14.3 127% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 53.9 76% 138 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 84%
WD WD10EADS-00L5B1 1TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 40GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 164 158 6791 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3116 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25679 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2746 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3115 (C2) HDA temperature 117 92 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 140983 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.6% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 78.7 Mixed 83.5 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 50%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 18GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211052144 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 25827748025 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3035 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590196749 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 554893343 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 42949672991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 25 211052144 (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 -138169097878280 (F1) Unknown 100 253 353503816 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2450538076	56.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 91.8 Mixed 78.2 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.31 77% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 61%
WD WD1003FZEX-00MK2 1TB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 10GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 169 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1130 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 658 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 834 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 30 (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	79.2% Very good	Read 154 Write 122 Mixed 82 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.37 106% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 103%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 336GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 105 Write 99.5 Mixed 68.8 113% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.21 73% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 45%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 76.4 Mixed 10.1 60% 49.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 37%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 13GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Read 38.6 Write 39.3 Mixed 38.3 50% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.17 20% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 19%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 9GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 76.5 Write 121 Mixed 8.48 87% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.15 43% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 74%
TOSHIBA MK3259GSX 320GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 5GB free, PID 70f1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 34.6 Write 34.4 Mixed 34.4 44% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.17 18% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 19%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,655 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 4GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 88 Write 71.6 Mixed 70 95% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.3 37% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-8GXM 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-2400C11-8GXM 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 83%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	619x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	292x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	78x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16