Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.6% 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	91.6% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '16 at 14:26
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 99.8 2-Core 210 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 416 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 0464) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Lighting 38 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 53.1 31% 42.2 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 40.7 30% 35.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q Series Pro 128GB-$66 2,808 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: JTRA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 860 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 77 68 137439870999 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	91.6% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 457 Mixed 494 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 22.2 104% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 22.1 92% 204 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 327GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41739528 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2272 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5129633 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 864 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 73 66 470941723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13021 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (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 67740224193332 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3135786048 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7683870303	84.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 144 Mixed 145 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.18 73% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA MK5055GSX 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 177GB free, PID 0902 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 41.1 Mixed 12.2 37% 30.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.22 48% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 14GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 136 Write 67.6 Mixed 60.1 98% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.22 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 1.7 166% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 70%

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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	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	417x

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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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 $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