Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.1% 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	46.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '16 at 06:01
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 236 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 663 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.1% Above average	Lighting 57.6 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 49.6 47% 56.2 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 62.4 56% 69.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 300GB-$289 2,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7057 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 662 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 136 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6046 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 262548 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 814 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 431656 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 262548 (F2) Unknown 100 100 344218	46.4% Average	Read 259 Write 209 Mixed 217 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 17.4 72% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 42 DQ Mixed 9.83 13% 23.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 54%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 43GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 161 100 161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 31 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 214748364841 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 443 (F1) Unknown 253 253 425 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1070	80.5% Excellent	Read 515 Write 365 Mixed 416 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 4.28 100% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 31.1 80% 165 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 86%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U0 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 111GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 113 110 7308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 244 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1363364 (C2) HDA temperature 114 79 33 (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	32% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 54.8 Mixed 55.1 42% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.37 98% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 62%
ST2000DX 001-1CM164 2TB 1TB free, PID 0209 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.6% Very good	Read 165 Write 157 Mixed 136 193% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.62 4K Mixed 0.66 216% 2.35 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-8GISL 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0420 F3-1600C11-8GISL 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns

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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	616x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	470x
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 $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 $45	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