Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	16.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '16 at 11:07
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 575 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Palit(1569 1184) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 42.6 Parallax 56.1 39% 48.8 fps	MRender 56.4 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 39.9 40% 49.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 102GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 108 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 70 60 171800264734 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5278	77.8% Very good	Read 504 Write 340 Mixed 351 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 9.81 92% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 40.4 86% 177 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 95%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1638 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 939 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 78 (AE) Unknown 100 100 109 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 49 219044184097 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7644655277 (F7) Unknown 100 100 242337912 (F8) Unknown 100 100 421904903	85.3% Excellent	Read 520 Write 183 Mixed 261 70% 321 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 31.3 142% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 46 86% 173 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 89%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 415GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 154 154 12895125645 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1776 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 928 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1994 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1994 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 188979347487 (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 200 200 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 132 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 107%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 207GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 249 950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 445 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3528 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 30 (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	50.7% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 82.5 Mixed 66.7 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.13 45% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-2133C9-4GXL 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0420 F3-2133C9-4GXL 16GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.6% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 15.5 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 82%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,227x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16