Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.8% 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	38.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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	10.9 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '16 at 12:30
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

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)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 660 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 38.6 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 40.1 32% 37.8 fps	MRender 54.6 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 38.7 35% 44.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd 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 29436 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 812 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 266 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 269 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 660921 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 22251188 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1660777395 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 660921 (F2) Unknown 100 100 512963	38.6% Below average	Read 223 Write 118 Mixed 119 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 14.3 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 14 60% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 56.4 DQ Mixed 27.9 39% 74 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 48%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 307GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 125 119 6750 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5687 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 754 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 344356 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 38 (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	59% Above average	Read 111 Write 94.2 Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop 500GB 1,637 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 465GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 40.1 Write 40.7 Mixed 31.6 48% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.48 82% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 14GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.2% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 13.5 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 46%

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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	1,217x
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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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) $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