Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '18 at 02:17
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 703 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1605 MHz, MLim: 1960 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 124 Parallax 123 100% 123 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 106 Splatting 98.2 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 112GB free Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4340880 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 87462714026880 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2160 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 474 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 82 1005027721239 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4340880 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4340880 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4340880 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11309 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9155 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9155 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26068	71.4% Very good	Read 504 Write 139 Mixed 203 61% 282 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 19 123% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 46.7 64% 119 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 87%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5084 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1250 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11903339219	95% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 406 Mixed 393 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 25.2 151% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 45 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 25.5 52% 100 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8462 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3040 (B1) Unknown 93 93 242 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 176 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17397465878	79.8% Very good	Read 508 Write 265 Mixed 257 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 22.5 131% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 46 54% 87.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 301GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 39683 (03) Spinup time 155 150 5225 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7269 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19162 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6688 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 757 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7263 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 196 196 343 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 112 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 110 110 12070	31.9% Below average	Read 19.9 Write 91.1 Mixed 18.3 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.27 65% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 262GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 6266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1872 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5908 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1638 (10) Unknown 3 197 67215705618 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1813 (C2) HDA temperature 123 109 27 (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	76.9% Very good	Read 158 Write 109 Mixed 142 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.18 101% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 112%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 102GB free Firmware: JP4OA3GC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 100 97 (03) Spinup time 119 100 25790710079 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6347 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 100 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15149 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5762 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 74 37099385 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 421330973 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6350 (C2) HDA temperature 206 136 197569347613 (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	48.4% Average	Read 95.4 Write 73.4 Mixed 110 71% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.15 45% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1315 BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1315 BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 59%

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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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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