Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	85.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '17 at 15:24
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 193 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 378 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1125 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 71.9 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 72.2 59% 69.5 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 78.2 53% 62.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5190 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1658 (B1) Unknown 96 96 128 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12644314639	85.8% Excellent	Read 504 Write 399 Mixed 425 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 23.1 129% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 79.2 60% 76.6 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 110%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 174 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 307 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 784 (C2) HDA temperature 117 108 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	93.2% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 143 Mixed 137 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.27 107% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 140GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1620 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1571 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 639369252 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1592 (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	60.3% Good	Read 103 Write 107 Mixed 99.7 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.24 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF HMT325U6CFR8C-H9 Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.9% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 51%

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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	626x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	477x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	427x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	296x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	209x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	159x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	64x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	82x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	79x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	40x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363