Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.2% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 09:32
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 442 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 70 Parallax 61.9 58% 67.7 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 59.3 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 192828223 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -135068131511507 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 30 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 45 60132491297 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 60132491297 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 192828223 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 192828223 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 192828223 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22567 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11000 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11000 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15499 (F4) Unknown 94 94 12255419	47.2% Average	Read 255 Write 110 Mixed 143 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 9.8 98% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 10.5 23% 45 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 264GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 129603856 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3304 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 56 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 75303972 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 631 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 551 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 571408414 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 35 35 131674 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 51539607582 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 111853833297197 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16379747819 (F2) Unknown 100 253 437894053790	73.6% Very good	Read 154 Write 103 Mixed 143 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.14 67% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 72%

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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	616x
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