Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.1% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 22:55
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 189 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 474 49% 395 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 123 Parallax 139 118% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 142 Splatting 108 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 109GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14358 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2014 (B1) Unknown 97 97 36 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 205 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10230639889	86.9% Excellent	Read 492 Write 316 Mixed 339 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 22.4 123% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 64.6 103% 200 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14353 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2015 (B1) Unknown 88 88 134 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 220 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40341322571	89.1% Excellent	Read 486 Write 337 Mixed 333 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 22.8 126% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 66.2 106% 206 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: JC4B 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 117 99 122179216 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 316980593 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3019 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 339307593808 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 605487140 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 42949672996 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 28 122179216 (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 84056804975896 (F1) Unknown 100 253 763499138 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2625136060	66.7% Good	Read 120 Write 113 Mixed 98.3 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.49 114% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 756GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16959416 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8968235 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (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 65 57 605487139 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6183 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 38654705699 (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 -66855460928263 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5528968787 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77011521487	73.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 130 Mixed 126 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 18.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 12.6 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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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	468x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	290x
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
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 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