Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.2% 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	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 19:01
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 448 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 73 Parallax 65.4 61% 71.1 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 57.7 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9317 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 847 (B1) Unknown 90 90 110 (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 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 117 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47937101135	73.6% Very good	Read 488 Write 339 Mixed 338 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 13.5 108% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 81.5 DQ Mixed 17.3 25% 44.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 118%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 17GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 147 1025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2755 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2487 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 12889 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 582 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 6 6 583241 (C2) HDA temperature 116 92 1776411 (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	40.7% Average	Read 72.6 Write 69.1 Mixed 70.8 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 41%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 168 Write 162 Mixed 156 208% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 12GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	417x

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 $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	77x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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