Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '17 at 21:56
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 207 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 353 44% 334 Pts	64-Core 365 23% 365 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 92 77% 97.1 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 95.7 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -80187039413100 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2951 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 43 64427327518 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 388126 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 53 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 91 91 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 388126 (F2) Unknown 100 100 443891 (F9) Unknown 100 100 39030	66.5% Good	Read 481 Write 124 Mixed 198 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 21.3 117% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 42.3 52% 92.5 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 79%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 391GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 112 108 7358 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7561 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7129 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 534 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 319554 (C2) HDA temperature 121 94 26 (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 34 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48% Average	Read 82.3 Write 84.6 Mixed 83.1 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.38 108% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 57%
Seagate ST3120026AS 120GB-$24 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 59GB free Firmware: 3.56 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 59 52 122600363 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 96 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 372956910 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2672 (C2) HDA temperature 31 60 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 52 122600363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	26.5% Poor	Read 45.8 Write 46.3 Mixed 45.2 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 63%

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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	75x
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 $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 $182	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) $30	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