Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.4% 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-Z97M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 14:51
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 512 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 3004) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Lighting 6.27 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 2.59 5% 5.18 fps	MRender 7.38 Gravity 4.23 Splatting 3.65 4% 5.09 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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 5669 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1395 (64) Unknown 100 100 11960688 (65) Unknown 100 100 1903632 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 171 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 76 76 7257 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 623 (B7) Unknown 92 92 89 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 184685035554 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 82 82 18 (E9) Unknown 100 100 21826 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10825 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15497 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22903 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	62.4% Good	Read 474 Write 175 Mixed 221 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 10.7 81% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 18.8 67% 152 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 594GB free Firmware: 060E Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 61 Write 61.1 Mixed 69 48% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.35 97% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13615936 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 41943270 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (B7) Unknown 67 67 33 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 100 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 555221025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18558 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 94489280545 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 104 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -125035087920427 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27437655511 (F2) Unknown 100 253 453194040278	94.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 166 Mixed 155 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 114%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 995GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 123 123 42982703611 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 755 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2645 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 926 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 926 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 193275101222 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 132 Mixed 99.6 91% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.36 113% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 29GB free Firmware: 1805 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 5.29 Write 55.4 Mixed 33.5 24% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.24 62% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 66%
ST1000LM 024 HN-M101MBB 1TB 633 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 131GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 40.9 Write 42.9 Mixed 40.6 54% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.34 82% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 17.1 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 72%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97M-D3H - $126

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	192x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	156x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	91x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	98x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 58%, 8,730 samples	12x

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Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $185	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