Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '16 at 18:19
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 193 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 520 57% 450 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.16% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 4.77 Parallax 3.38 3% 4.03 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 3 3% 3.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.16% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 23178574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 137765370986637 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 34 90196541469 (C2) HDA temperature 29 34 90196541469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23178574 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23178574 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23178574 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 85899345920 (E9) Unknown 0 0 615 (EA) Unknown 0 0 750 (F1) Unknown 0 0 750 (F2) Unknown 0 0 468 (F4) Unknown 100 100 196609	65.9% Good	Read 503 Write 279 Mixed 295 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 18 76% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 48 57% 101 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 65%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 4208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 75 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 141 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 66 (C2) HDA temperature 115 113 32 (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	82.5% Excellent	Read 146 Write 142 Mixed 128 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.18 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 86%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.12% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 3.83 Mixed 5.48 10% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.05 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.003 15% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.12% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-161.A00G 4x8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.2 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	136x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	96x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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 $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