Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.7% 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	62.1% 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.

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	20140611
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 13:17
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 652 70% 555 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 61.8 54% 65.7 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 53.8 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^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 100 100 348 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 856 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 32 (A3) Unknown 100 100 12 (A4) Unknown 100 100 51775 (A5) Unknown 100 100 144 (A6) Unknown 100 100 43 (A7) Unknown 100 100 104 (94) Unknown 100 100 48338 (95) Unknown 100 100 1451 (96) Unknown 100 100 1279 (97) Unknown 100 100 1421 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 103 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 138776 (F2) Unknown 100 100 112588 (F5) Unknown 100 100 414200	62.1% Good	Read 496 Write 217 Mixed 273 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 13 88% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 76.7 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 11.7 27% 56.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 107%
Adata SU800 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 890GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241631496 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 223827208 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2751 (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 76 70 420675608 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15423 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 38654705688 (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 115259742361410 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32088903462 (F2) Unknown 100 253 877354219219	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 185 Mixed 171 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.24 99% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 62%

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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	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