Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '16 at 01:57
Run Duration	605 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 453 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3671) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 73.8 64% 76.4 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 61.2 55% 68.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 256 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (A5) Unknown 100 100 422728 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 108 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 41 244814250025 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 360 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 208 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14468679700 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5115351250	42.4% Average	Read 438 Write 270 Mixed 258 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 9.77 4K Mixed 1.56 27% 8.11 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 14.3 DQ Mixed 7.41 10% 19.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 91 91907272 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1379 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 4776 (07) Seek error rate 46 45 1898393294842 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (B7) Unknown 1 1 200 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 277 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180131332 (BD) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 571539490 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35425 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 55834574882 (C5) Current pending sector count 94 94 1104 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 94 94 1104 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 119786637894530 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26735353155 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19889157964	106% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 174 Mixed 165 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 643GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 174 1841 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1063 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1062 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 34 (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	93.9% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 147 Mixed 154 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.31 107% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 109%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 2,737 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 10GB free, PID 007a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	6.38% Terrible	Read 24.3 Write 6 Mixed 7.76 13% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.46 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.006 24% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.38% Great: 7%
USB 2.0 2GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 2093 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	2.96% Terrible	Read 9.04 Write 2.43 Mixed 3.64 5% 5.03 MB/s	4K Read 4.61 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.007 18% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.96% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.3 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 58%

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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	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	418x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16