Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.1% 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	105% 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	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 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140611
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 08:32
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 240 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 632 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2774) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 40.4 Parallax 53.7 37% 46.3 fps	MRender 55.6 Gravity 50.8 Splatting 37.4 38% 47.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 458 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 259 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1254059806	105% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 399 Mixed 172 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 35.9 161% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 126 134% 223 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169896 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2491 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5740 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5740 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 201864380445 (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	66.4% Good	Read 113 Write 118 Mixed 5.5 57% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 447GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 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 152 149 5366 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2720 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2720 (C2) HDA temperature 118 86 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 39 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 35 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.5% Average	Read 75.6 Write 71.8 Mixed 63.7 53% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
V01D3LF8GB52852816 2x8GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 61%

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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	615x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	469x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

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 $37Bench 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	76x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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