Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	7.14% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '15 at 04:11
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 107 2-Core 201 71% 154 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 631 60% 499 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 58% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F3) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4475 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Lighting 8.47 Reflection 7.81 Parallax 8.72 7% 8.33 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 7.97 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.09 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 545 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 46 (A9) Unknown 100 100 706 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 40 171800002586 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 33 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2876 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1823 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3548 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 485 Mixed 395 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 29.5 139% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 67.4 106% 201 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164973320 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 570 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5523798 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 291 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 80 68 420741140 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2586 (C2) HDA temperature 20 40 68719476756 (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 -56216826937179 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4550144652 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23831860714	76.1% Very good	Read 153 Write 112 Mixed 84 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 130039032 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2268339 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 66 454623258 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3602 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 68719476762 (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 -110694192119604 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2032073086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15958829463	79.1% Very good	Read 155 Write 122 Mixed 80.6 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.29 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 114%
Raid 1 1TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 147GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.7% Average	Read 124 Write 91.2 Mixed 29.2 92% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 53%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	619x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	292x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	78x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)