Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 15:33
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 62.4 1-Core 122 2-Core 247 76% 144 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 452 63% 467 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 92.4 Reflection 97.7 Parallax 75.9 75% 88.6 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 98.9 79% 96.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4003691 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 94987496718336 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 5 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 32 73016541209 (C2) HDA temperature 25 32 73016541209 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4003691 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4003691 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4003691 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1966101	66.9% Good	Read 512 Write 125 Mixed 200 60% 279 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 16.2 119% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 84.2 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 31.1 44% 80.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 73%
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 1250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1193 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 118649 (A5) Unknown 100 100 162 (A6) Unknown 100 100 61 (A7) Unknown 100 100 117 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B1) Unknown 100 100 335 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 201089 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 289008 (F2) Unknown 100 100 480442 (F5) Unknown 100 100 474596	79.8% Very good	Read 520 Write 149 Mixed 231 65% 300 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 32.3 138% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 61.7 79% 144 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 604GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21493973286 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1460 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1129 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1460 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1460 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094511133 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	81.6% Excellent	Read 165 Write 119 Mixed 141 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 1,965 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.1 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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