Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.1% 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	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '18 at 16:46
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 696 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1524 MHz, MLim: 1790 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 61.2 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 60.9 50% 64.7 fps	MRender 64.7 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 53.3 48% 59 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 128GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th 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 100 100 319 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 797 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 54564 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 45884 (A5) Unknown 100 100 100 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 102016 (F2) Unknown 100 100 109194	63.1% Good	Read 484 Write 148 Mixed 228 62% 287 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 21.5 86% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 12.9 58% 134 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 882GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897026234 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 779 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1897 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1897 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 167504642076 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 177 Mixed 188 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x4GB 632 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.4 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 75%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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