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Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	35.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '16 at 18:34
Run Duration	102 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$42 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	39% Below average	Memory 58 1-Core 48.7 2-Core 45.2 36% 50.6 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 139 16% 127 Pts	64-Core 132 8% 132 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2311.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 57.9 37% 46.1 fps	MRender 32.4 Gravity 44.6 Splatting 42.8 33% 39.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 34%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDT721032SLA380 320GB 4,331 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST2OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 117 117 17193697496 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 69 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20112 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4935 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7141 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 231929741356 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 137 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	38.8% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 64.4 Mixed 81.2 55% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.23 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 7.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 14.4 34% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 54%

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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	646x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	488x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	307x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	212x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	162x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	84x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	76x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	88x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	82x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	40x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350