Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140917
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '16 at 20:23
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 666 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Zotac(19DA 1346) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 17.3 Parallax 20.1 19% 20.2 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 17.1 16% 20.3 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 67 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 8 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 66 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 422201026	119% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 48.6 190% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 115 145% 260 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 82GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4575 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1379 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4536 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 25 (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	74.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 119 Mixed 133 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.14 61% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 109%
ASMT 2105 2TB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 809GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 97.2 Write 87.6 Mixed 93.4 118% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.2 21% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 75%
SAMSUNG HM100UI 1TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 376GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 78.2 Write 84.8 Mixed 78.6 105% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.29 58% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 34%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 606GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 82.4 Write 83.9 Mixed 58.3 94% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	30x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	15x
Core i5-4690Intel $51Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	13x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	10x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
870 EVO 2TBSamsung $186Bench 113%, 31,076 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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