Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	15.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 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	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 08:19
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 184 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 178 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 182 11% 182 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 5,537 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Nvidia(10DE 079F) 1.2GB CLim: 607 MHz, MLim: 837 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 18 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 18.3 15% 20.6 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 15 Splatting 21.2 18% 22.6 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 112GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -6837587023151 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5235 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5050 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 350605 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 350605 (F2) Unknown 100 100 284142 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13268	71.1% Very good	Read 503 Write 152 Mixed 229 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 16.2 118% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 11.3 52% 119 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 80%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: AX0E1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^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 1080 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1324 (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 93 93 2917 (0A) Spinup retry count 126 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 190761 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236224184355 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1461 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 175 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	53.4% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 91.7 Mixed 78.3 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.13 61% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
SHARETRONIC 2x4GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.9 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 58%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	469x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

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 $37Bench 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	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