Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.6% 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	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '16 at 21:56
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 409 53% 402 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 39 Parallax 50.2 35% 44.1 fps	MRender 53.6 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 35.8 34% 42 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14705010 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -117055038679849 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 776 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 40 68722098209 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68722098209 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14705010 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14705010 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14705010 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10748 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7829 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7829 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6792	54.7% Above average	Read 389 Write 109 Mixed 130 45% 209 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 10.1 100% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 74.4 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 23.6 38% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48214280 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 54 53 755962523839 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 778 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 571998241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57181 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 60129542177 (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 13181254634923 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25624595803 (F2) Unknown 100 253 238918890573	57.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 94.9 Mixed 93.1 74% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 824GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 61033792 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 68 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8350632 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 61 57 706281511 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5488 (C2) HDA temperature 39 43 77309411367 (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 -2220498091673 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9044310998 (F2) Unknown 100 253 252966791749	90% Excellent	Read 159 Write 155 Mixed 148 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS5C3015ALA632 1.5TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 59GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 41.1 Write 42.3 Mixed 10.2 37% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.34 59% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	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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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 $46

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