Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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	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 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '17 at 04:45
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 653 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 68.9 66% 76.1 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 72.6 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20922 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 95 (B1) Unknown 85 85 312 (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 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48416353458	104% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 404 Mixed 228 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 42.2 154% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 100 117% 203 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 359GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1108 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1101 (C2) HDA temperature 112 107 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	75.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 136 Mixed 87.2 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 25E2 3TB 3,377 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 28.1 Write 23.9 Mixed 10.5 25% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.36 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.08 47% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 25.2 Mixed 21.8 31% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.19 50% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 42%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 27.9 Write 22.8 Mixed 22.2 30% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.21 52% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 4x8GB 991 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.2% 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	470x
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 $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	77x
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 $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 $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