Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150731
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 27 '18 at 19:54
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (99^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 224 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 406 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 2069) 2GB CLim: 865 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.98% Terrible	Lighting 1.07 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 0.53 1% 0.94 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 1.65 1% 1.44 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 0.98% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 789GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81391256 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20076592 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1840 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 68 404095000 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25107 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 21474836504 (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 -105596065938377 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3159118065 (F2) Unknown 100 253 117831574189	87.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 155 Mixed 158 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 535GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101498560 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1857 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83384910 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1841 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 67 404160536 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 96726 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 25769803800 (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 -32246614454493 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16643456538 (F2) Unknown 100 253 276315483600	94.5% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 155 Mixed 145 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 112%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 2,737 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 007a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	6.01% Terrible	Read 22.1 Write 6.45 Mixed 8.99 13% 12.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.87 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.006 22% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.01% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	616x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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