Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 22:20
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 662 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 71.9 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 64.2 59% 69.6 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 56.9 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 111265423685838 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 127 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 506975 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 506975 (F2) Unknown 100 100 616281 (F9) Unknown 100 100 21149	73.5% Very good	Read 492 Write 206 Mixed 289 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 13.8 124% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.7 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 10.4 44% 92.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 95%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 910GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 7663 (03) Spinup time 145 128 5716 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16339 (05) Reallocated sector count 142 142 1265 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3028 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 121709 (C2) HDA temperature 117 79 30 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 1265 (C5) Current pending sector count 192 192 1380 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 186 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 96527	53.4% Above average	Read 89 Write 97.2 Mixed 102 73% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.15 49% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 57%
WD WD10TPVT-00H 1TB 1,893 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 796GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 164 3525 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2016 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 661 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 176 176 72076 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.1% Average	Read 79.8 Write 77.2 Mixed 68.1 56% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 49%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 68GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203983520 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 8690177912 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2395 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 555286557 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 462769 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 22 203983520 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 1 1 1	50.7% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 79.2 Mixed 61 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 63%
Seagate ST9500325AS 1TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 15GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 213 191 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3015 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 108 108 277609 (C2) HDA temperature 122 92 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.2% Average	Read 68.6 Write 81.7 Mixed 65.2 54% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% 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	1,233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16