Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.4% 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	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 15:22
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 664 71% 565 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 940 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 52.1 34% 41.4 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 37.5 29% 35.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Teclast S500 120G 120GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20150529 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (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 2093 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1261 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 114 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 7 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3185213 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3173 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3121 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3131 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10011 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (F1) Unknown 100 100 134532 (F2) Unknown 100 100 178855 (F5) Unknown 100 100 9419166	55.2% Above average	Read 451 Write 135 Mixed 203 57% 263 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 2.57 85% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 17.8 44% 91 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 56%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 335GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 140 138 3975 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3002 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1523 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2912 (C2) HDA temperature 105 86 38 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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 1	68.1% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 116 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.47 105% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16JTF51264AZ-1G6K1 1x4GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 34%

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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	618x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

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	157x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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