Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.2% 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	74.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '16 at 17:04
Run Duration	498 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 225 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 594 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 44.4 Parallax 39.6 37% 43.2 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
D2RSTK251E19-0400 400GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 181GB free Firmware: 3.22E Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.8% Poor	Read 18.1 Write 265 Mixed 12.6 23% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.89 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 2.15 25% 9.74 MB/s	DQ Read 0.18 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 0.41 14% 29.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 68%
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^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 100 100 618 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1134 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 42613 (A5) Unknown 100 100 105 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 50 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 76 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 89713 (F2) Unknown 100 100 138093 (F5) Unknown 100 100 170452	74.8% Very good	Read 494 Write 155 Mixed 227 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 31.1 123% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 60.6 77% 139 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 83%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 152GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 177 5683 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2115 (BE) vendor-specific 54 35 46 (C2) HDA temperature 104 85 46 (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	32% Below average	Read 54.4 Write 56.5 Mixed 40.7 38% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.49 119% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 35%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 139GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 146 4891 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6439 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 19 19 59138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2128 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 741570 (C2) HDA temperature 112 87 35 (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 200 200 345 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 63.3 Mixed 50.6 45% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.34 91% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 44%
WD WD5000KS-00MNB0 500GB 1,097 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 112GB free Firmware: 08.02E08 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 222 216 5891 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15952 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 10 10 66206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4472 (C2) HDA temperature 106 87 46 (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 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.1% Below average	Read 62.1 Write 59.9 Mixed 51.5 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.27 83% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 40%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 392GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 25.4 Write 23.4 Mixed 15.4 26% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 22%
WD 5000AAD External 500GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 354GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 30.1 Write 25.9 Mixed 14.1 28% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 21%
WDC WD10 EACS-00D6B1 1TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 317GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 24.5 Write 22.8 Mixed 17 27% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 20%
WDC WD32 00AAKS-75B3A0 320GB 287GB free, PID b561 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.3% Very poor	Read 24.6 Write 23.2 Mixed 19.8 28% 22.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.37 76% 0.91 MB/s

WD My Passport 071A 500GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 275GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 24.4 Write 21.3 Mixed 8.5 21% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.14 48% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 4,460 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 34%

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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	618x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	472x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

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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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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