Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.5% 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	48.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 08 '16 at 05:49
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 80.8 1-Core 85.8 2-Core 174 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 323 43% 323 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3769) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.5% Poor	Lighting 31.9 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 35.2 26% 32.1 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 32.5 27% 33.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (28^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 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6144 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 41583 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 193 (AA) Unknown 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 1 (AD) Unknown 245 245 5553 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 49353553946582 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 124 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (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 245 245 111 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	48.4% Average	Read 175 Write 145 Mixed 171 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 1.99 91% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 17.9 57% 127 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 62%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 29GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 10694469483270 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 346 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 288 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 71131 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 71131 (F2) Unknown 100 100 74393 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4018	73.9% Very good	Read 476 Write 188 Mixed 250 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 18.4 118% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 65.4 88% 161 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 83%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 19GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32451 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 40 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2858 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 131329 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 131329 (F2) Unknown 100 100 51289	41.6% Average	Read 261 Write 92.6 Mixed 132 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 15.2 70% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 57.8 DQ Mixed 30.6 42% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 45%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 58GB free Firmware: 10.02E04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 152 (03) Spinup time 200 181 4983 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7837 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 19 19 59488 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (BE) vendor-specific 48 21 52 (C2) HDA temperature 98 71 52 (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 15 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 9	29.1% Poor	Read 56.9 Write 44.3 Mixed 54.7 39% 51.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-036.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 99U5403-036.A00LF 99U5471-012.A00LF 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.8% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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