Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	31.3% 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140917
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '16 at 07:16
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 below expectations (3^rd percentile)	45% Average	Memory 57.1 1-Core 85.6 2-Core 160 57% 101 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 291 29% 235 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31.3% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 41.9 Parallax 34.1 32% 38.4 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 34 30% 37 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 36%
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	10.1% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 12 Parallax 20.4 13% 16.2 fps	MRender 3.62 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.87 4% 4.64 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 50GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5191 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7448 (B1) Unknown 92 92 96 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 34 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 29 29 71162 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7239 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11343916868	58.8% Above average	Read 491 Write 131 Mixed 138 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 9.75 79% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 27.1 65% 139 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8635 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6616 (B1) Unknown 89 89 368 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 31 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 39 39 60888 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6059 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32807127563
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 450GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37044488 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1523 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 30112613024 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1518 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 57 43 22198878251 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 350223 (C2) HDA temperature 43 57 77309411371 (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 67104569050001 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15419885730 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15488409158	96% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 167 Mixed 150 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 1x8GB 882 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	18.1% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 5.7 17% 6 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 5.1 14% 5 GB/s	Latency 136 29% 136 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 48%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3P

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	28x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	14x
Core i5-4690Intel $52Bench 67%, 73,695 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	10x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	7x

SSD
870 EVO 2TBSamsung $180Bench 113%, 31,076 samples	8x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	3x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $728

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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