Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.1% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '17 at 05:14
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (97^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 220 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 421 56% 420 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.4% 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. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.69% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 6.81 3% 5.86 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.39 5% 5.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.69% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: 0C3K87RA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (64) Unknown 100 100 3392 (65) Unknown 100 100 32 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1373 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 115965624347 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4 (F2) Unknown 100 100 106 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	65.8% Good	Read 464 Write 256 Mixed 254 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 12.2 75% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 30.1 74% 160 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 88%
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 1085 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 429 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655392 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C2) HDA temperature 69 58 180390068255 (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 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2645 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3641 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4948 (F4) Unknown 100 100 10 (F5) Unknown 100 100 32 (F6) Unknown 100 100 489344	86.1% Excellent	Read 502 Write 396 Mixed 427 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 13.7 98% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 63.8 115% 227 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 34GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179445560 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1757 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 65810419 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1476 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2028712515 (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 69 60 538837023 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26075 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (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	58.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 97.2 Mixed 123 83% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 32GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97394072 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4626 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15216665 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3327 (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 70 57 13406961694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 413 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35260 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 -140737488355298 (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 96160022793416 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13753340132 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14092820161	90.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 160 Mixed 167 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 60%

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Gaming 42%

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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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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 $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