Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.4% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 11:16
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 232 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 676 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB; msi gaming x+ CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 126 Parallax 108 98% 118 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 106 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 676 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 58 (A8) Unknown 100 100 49 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1007 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 33 141734903831 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 26 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4461 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2668 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2471 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	97.4% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 364 Mixed 407 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 28.6 139% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 63.6 114% 228 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 216 216 34379792610 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 127 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 124554969114 (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	85.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 142 Mixed 150 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 334GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171083096 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4324996 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 79 66 353632277 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3198 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 51539607573 (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 -101215199297121 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4528869977 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22041980279	84.7% Excellent	Read 160 Write 135 Mixed 163 116% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 86%

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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	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	469x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	204x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 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	75x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16