Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


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 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.7% 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	36.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 21:27
Run Duration	396 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 Xeon E3-1245 v3-$245 2,834 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 551 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3352) ≥ 4GB; msi gtx 1050 ti CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 37.9 37% 37.7 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 35.8 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD320 256GB-$419 137 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.2.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 145378827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -7292854449466 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 382 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 92 42955702308 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 145378827 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 145378827 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 145378827 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27377 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25852 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25852 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22551	36.9% Below average	Read 175 Write 115 Mixed 91.7 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 3.82 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 8.11 61% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 82 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 32.7 50% 90.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 92%
Sandisk SD7SN6S-128G-1006 128GB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 9GB free Firmware: X3511006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 89 89 4856 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21475557379 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 66 (C2) HDA temperature 56 28 117173125164 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 244817788999 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87% Excellent	Read 453 Write 307 Mixed 220 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 27.6 130% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 54.8 95% 188 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 479GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 1 (03) Spinup time 163 159 6816 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7163 (05) Reallocated sector count 41 19 1265 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2125 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1029 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7163 (C2) HDA temperature 122 90 28 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 1265 (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 200 199 0	41.8% Average	Read 71.4 Write 74.4 Mixed 65 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.26 62% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 57%
Jmicron Generic 1TB 3,310 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 295GB free Firmware: 8101 Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 68.2 Mixed 58.2 48% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.05 11% 0.08 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 42GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113141952 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46481862 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 886 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 4900519970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 459 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 36 36 128047 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 -140737488355294 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 186 603 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -48451526056388 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16602076145 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34549605489	82.7% Excellent	Read 163 Write 125 Mixed 92 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 34GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 57532128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12510 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4381570829 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25596 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1091 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 554827808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4063 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 86861 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 38654705696 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 108890305869458 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10308910981 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12968871478	68.4% Good	Read 125 Write 114 Mixed 24.8 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 14GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 166 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9996 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 930 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 59508 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 27 (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 1	44% Average	Read 59.2 Write 93.6 Mixed 57.4 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 84%
WD WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 9GB free Firmware: 02.03B04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 239 180 1041 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1712 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 405 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1712 (C2) HDA temperature 105 89 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.8% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 106 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.4 111% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 7GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 69 69 10080 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 12231 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1103 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 55 403767320 (C2) HDA temperature 75 54 453902361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 691750 (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 48 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48% Average	Read 76.7 Write 90.6 Mixed 57.5 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 071A 500GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 25GB free, PID 071a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 30.4 Mixed 6.22 27% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.24 55% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 60%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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) $30	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