Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 52.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.2% 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	62.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '17 at 12:09
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.3% Above average	Memory 81.7 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 110 55% 86.4 Pts	4-Core 129 8-Core 170 19% 149 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Lighting 28 Reflection 30 Parallax 33.2 23% 30.4 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 35.3 24% 28.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-512M7VC 512GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 2337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 771 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11917 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2432 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4468 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6343 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5244	62.1% Good	Read 499 Write 341 Mixed 149 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 8.13 62% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 79 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 37.9 41% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 105%
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 188GB free Firmware: 1.09 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 1562 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2325 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 38 (AE) Unknown 100 100 57 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 38973 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1568 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9743 (F1) Unknown 100 100 174189 (F2) Unknown 100 100 263345	84.2% Excellent	Read 476 Write 420 Mixed 416 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 32 120% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 59.8 DQ Write 62.7 DQ Mixed 43.9 38% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30097896 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 267160183 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8511 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2338 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 262150 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 589365283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34669 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 51539607587 (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 -68453188756300 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52112146760 (F2) Unknown 100 253 248138766262	88.1% Excellent	Read 165 Write 143 Mixed 49.7 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.23 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	42% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 16.6 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 87%

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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	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	75x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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