Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.75% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	35.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 13:42
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 415 56% 415 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 8A9E) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.75% Terrible	Lighting 9.83 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 11.4 8% 10.1 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 12.4 10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.75% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 6136 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1299 (A2) Unknown 73 73 120 (AA) Unknown 100 100 82 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12394401 (AE) Unknown 100 100 202 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 202 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8424 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4665	35.1% Below average	Read 292 Write 46.4 Mixed 6.84 24% 115 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 3.15 66% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 42 DQ Write 67.4 DQ Mixed 1.22 16% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 875GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1304 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1299 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1052 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (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 0	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 178 Mixed 136 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.38 136% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 23.9 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 72%

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

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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	468x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	290x
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
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 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) $35	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