Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.2% 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	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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 668 74% 583 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 62.5 57% 67.4 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 54.3 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 7GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8393323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -52243982178314 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3143 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 33 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 49 51542818845 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 51542818845 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8393323 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8393323 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8393323 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3014 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2772 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2772 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15375	51.6% Above average	Read 185 Write 149 Mixed 117 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 14.1 100% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 38.5 58% 108 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 40519952 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 938 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 885706 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2155 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 -78434692759476 (F1) Unknown 100 253 168646758 (F2) Unknown 100 253 179785659	108% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 182 Mixed 178 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 130GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 3690 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 26311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8283 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 60 353632277 (C2) HDA temperature 77 59 387186711 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 255768 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	59.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 105 Mixed 99.6 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%
Seagate ST3808110AS 80GB-$33 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 87 136646753 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 553175229 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8197 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 589168675 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 45 241728491 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.6% Below average	Read 54.3 Write 51.9 Mixed 46.3 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.36 85% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown GR1333D364L9/4G 0420 0793 GR1333D364L9/4G 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.6% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 10.6 32% 11.3 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 53%

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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	615x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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