Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 11:28
Run Duration	497 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 below expectations (11^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 295 8-Core 661 55% 478 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 194 Parallax 199 122% 181 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 88GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 3211 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1221 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 48 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 184684183579 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11579902994 (F7) Unknown 100 100 361935621 (F8) Unknown 100 100 245207661 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3574 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	85.8% Excellent	Read 477 Write 336 Mixed 337 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 25.9 114% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 47.3 96% 196 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6695 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2460 (B1) Unknown 96 96 69 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 12 (EB) Unknown 99 99 141 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66508867842	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 401 Mixed 410 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 47.6 174% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 120 138% 238 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 179810272 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 686512 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2305 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 39 71258290454555 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14103 (C2) HDA temperature 27 61 30064771099 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 83953725737518 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2134213407 (F2) Unknown 100 253 624074043	97.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 169 Mixed 149 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 49GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 229 (03) Spinup time 142 139 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7421 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 330 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7090 (C2) HDA temperature 113 81 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	63.5% Good	Read 117 Write 104 Mixed 102 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.32 91% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 69%
Mass Storage Device 64GB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 55GB free, PID 125d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 20.4 Write 18.1 Mixed 14.8 22% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.45 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 1.56 165% 3.24 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 18%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 13GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 127 Write 40.3 Mixed 59.2 81% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.13 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 1.54 167% 3.45 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 31%
JetFlash TS2GJFV20 2GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 0163 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	3.66% Terrible	Read 11.9 Write 4.46 Mixed 2.06 6% 6.14 MB/s	4K Read 3.81 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 15% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.66% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-4GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 2525 F3-2400C10-4GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 50%

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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	1,219x
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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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