Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '17 at 18:25
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 685 73% 581 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 195 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 115 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 66 56 188979544098	55.5% Above average	Read 488 Write 242 Mixed 195 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 7.98 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 5.69 48% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 25.6 59% 122 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 99%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 213GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6140 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 960 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 903 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 69 404029464 (C2) HDA temperature 76 69 420806680 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 43207 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	20.6% Poor	Read 32.5 Write 39.1 Mixed 66.1 35% 45.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 59%
Samsung HD103SJ 3TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 140GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 178 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 486 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 479 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14439 (C2) HDA temperature 122 114 28 (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	51.3% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 83.8 Mixed 88.3 67% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 79%
WD WD30EZRX-00MMMB0 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 35GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 6966 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5015 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3712 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4956 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 31 (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	31.4% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 44.8 Mixed 56.9 42% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.3 80% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GAR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GAR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 24GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.4 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 20.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 64%

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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	616x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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 $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