Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	65.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 21:47
Run Duration	337 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 448 60% 449 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 126 Parallax 108 97% 118 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 109 Splatting 109 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6100 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2442 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 333 (A9) Unknown 100 100 155 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 223 (AE) Unknown 100 100 391 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 38 163209281567 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1835 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 29071 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14266 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9041 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	65.2% Good	Read 409 Write 237 Mixed 285 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 19.6 83% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 45.4 78% 154 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 333GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 169 1658 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4556 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2172 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4369 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 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	81.3% Excellent	Read 138 Write 146 Mixed 141 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.3 99% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 22GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 246 Write 92.3 Mixed 120 168% 153 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 3.76 540% 8.75 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 11.7 DQ Mixed 3.47 563% 9.39 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 93%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Read 29.8 Write 6.2 Mixed 6.65 13% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 9.34 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 35% 3.11 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 64%

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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 $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