Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 13:57
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	37%

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 i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 422 48% 377 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.38 Parallax 6.5 3% 5.63 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.61 5% 6.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2019 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1364 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 429 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1638459 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C2) HDA temperature 66 58 180390068258 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6375 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8060 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10019 (F4) Unknown 100 100 25 (F5) Unknown 100 100 59 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1183360	68.6% Good	Read 508 Write 247 Mixed 493 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 12.2 78% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 11.9 70% 162 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 326GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 227529756 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1366405 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 61 538574880 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 32 25 107374182432 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 227529756 (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 -115727893790672 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1332361200 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2209733671	82% Excellent	Read 147 Write 139 Mixed 140 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 187GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89650608 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19453050 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3996 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 43 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 13440253985 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 42008 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -115611929670147 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15725780549 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17907831648	76% Very good	Read 135 Write 130 Mixed 130 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 60%

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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	619x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

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	158x

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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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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