Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	89.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '16 at 02:42
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 419 58% 427 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 53 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 429 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 70 66 146030460958 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 148 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 210 (F2) Unknown 100 100 124 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27232	89.8% Excellent	Read 499 Write 479 Mixed 495 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 13.8 102% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 64.5 102% 191 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184242192 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59815690 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1732 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 896 (B4) Unknown 100 100 970046777 (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 73 60 471203867 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10366 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 81604378651 (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 0	65% Good	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 122 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 13GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79101176 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3966 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12400941 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2687 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 43 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 13372882972 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 386 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28164 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -78310138705241 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12266942206 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12158232883	95.8% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 151 Mixed 154 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%
Maxtor STM380215AS 80GB 2,067 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 5GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2434 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 172717598 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1879 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 48 656015398 (C2) HDA temperature 38 52 94489280550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 73 66 53502364 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	23.6% Poor	Read 41.8 Write 40 Mixed 44.4 32% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.39 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 42%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	9.09% Terrible	Read 37 Write 9.12 Mixed 8.78 18% 18.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.02 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 28% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.09% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16