Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	171% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '18 at 06:56
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 398 55% 407 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3676) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 83.1 Parallax 73.9 64% 78.4 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 65.7 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 725 Write 565 Mixed 595 140% 628 MB/s	4K Read 69.4 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 66.2 265% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 509 DQ Mixed 296 302% 495 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 823GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1738 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1707 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1727 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 36 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 176 Mixed 148 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.37 143% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
160 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5561 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 21.9 Write 5.88 Mixed 8.17 12% 12 MB/s	4K Read 4.16 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.49 110% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2x4GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 75%

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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	1,234x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	642x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	403x

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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	98x

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Total price: $817

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