Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 231 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 646 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 3604) 3GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.4% Very poor	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 32.2 7% 21.9 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 40.2 29% 34.5 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3399 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 589 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (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 56 48 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14919504978	106% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 406 Mixed 416 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 37.2 159% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 71.4 113% 217 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 122%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 85 2625 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2780 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2063 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 784 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 141734903831 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 54 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 13 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 90154 (F1) Unknown 99 94 2236567 (F2) Unknown 100 94 251457	61.8% Good	Read 90.3 Write 125 Mixed 96.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 70%
WD WD7500AZEX-00ZF5A0 750GB 1,942 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 132GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 171 2050 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2276 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5100 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 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	49.7% Average	Read 83.6 Write 89.3 Mixed 74.3 62% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 459 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,217x
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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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