Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 02:25
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 664 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 31GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 719 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40629328 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 7 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 106 (F2) Unknown 100 100 90 (F9) Unknown 100 100 5669177	93.4% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 371 Mixed 411 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 22.7 136% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 69.9 123% 239 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 98%
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 11234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8369 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1543 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 83 83 539 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (B5) Unknown 100 100 6262076015841 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1548 (C2) HDA temperature 62 45 236224184358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4294967295 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 83 83 17 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0
Poor: 47% Great: 77%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 266GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 729 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 723 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 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	64.1% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 115 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.27 102% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS725032A9A364 320GB-$55 6,982 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 29GB free Firmware: PC3OC72E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 151 100 115964116994 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3041 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 12128 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2515 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 131072 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1879 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 622198817 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1245203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 155711 (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 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	31% Below average	Read 54.8 Write 53.1 Mixed 49.4 39% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.28 69% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 23.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 72%

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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	1,217x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	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