Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.8% 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	74.7% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 10:43
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 399 57% 418 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 122 Parallax 106 96% 115 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 107 87% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6280 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2496 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 340 (A9) Unknown 100 100 155 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 232 (AE) Unknown 100 100 405 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 39 167504248863 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1865 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 30242 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14983 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9379 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	74.7% Very good	Read 420 Write 258 Mixed 271 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 21.5 104% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 45.7 90% 184 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 205GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 169 1991 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4617 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2225 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4417 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 29 (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	69.5% Good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 111 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.37 134% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 244 Write 95 Mixed 118 168% 152 MB/s	4K Read 11.2 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 3.99 538% 8.62 MB/s	DQ Read 12.3 DQ Write 11.7 DQ Mixed 5.17 619% 9.72 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 93%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 30 Write 8.6 Mixed 7.47 15% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20.9 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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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	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 $273	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 $40	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