Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.1% 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	105% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 03:30
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 (78^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 215 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 651 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.6 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 67.8 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 62.1 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 52GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4761 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 931 (AB) Unknown 100 100 83016528 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 29 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2068 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4095 (F9) Unknown 100 100 106804509	104% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 487 Mixed 478 110% 490 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 26.6 132% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 14.9 97% 221 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6244 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1175 (B1) Unknown 95 95 95 (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 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 82 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16115140475	105% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 360 Mixed 384 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 41.6 168% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 85.4 115% 212 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 20GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189114752 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3307 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 169292209 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2560 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 487850011 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 453 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49970 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 60129542171 (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 -35510789595806 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39190470444 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50568709547	74.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 129 Mixed 91.7 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2012)-$79 15,506 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 15GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 151 1066 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4086 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7028 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2322 (BF) G-sense error rate 84 84 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70111 (C2) HDA temperature 115 96 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	33.6% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 60.1 Mixed 59.3 44% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 63%
WD My Passport 259D 2TB 3,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 351GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 66.6 Write 63.6 Mixed 59.7 81% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 63%

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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	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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	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