Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56% 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	89.3% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 11:22
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 367 51% 376 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 82.6 56% 71.3 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 55.7 Splatting 79.7 55% 65.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asus RAIDR Express PCIe 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	89.3% Excellent	Read 687 Write 402 Mixed 472 115% 520 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 18.7 100% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 82.2 90% 147 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 101%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 126890514699721 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2500 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2500 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4259918 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2500 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 312492 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 312492 (F2) Unknown 100 100 373905 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11893	68.3% Good	Read 463 Write 131 Mixed 207 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 17.3 122% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 51.9 66% 117 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: GA06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 174682821 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 529 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 93 60 2520602877 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25664 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 269 (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 53 47 791609391 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1251 (C2) HDA temperature 47 53 64424509487 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 6 174682821 (C4) Reallocation count 0 0 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 112841675793384 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29808392300 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88814328537	97.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 169 Mixed 163 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.42 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.57 174% 1.59 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B5173QH0-CK0 M378B1G73QH0-CK0 20GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 19.8 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

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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	620x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	475x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	424x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	294x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	207x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	158x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	71x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 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	79x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	40x

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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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