Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.1% 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	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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	1.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '16 at 17:35
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 94.2 1-Core 98 2-Core 193 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 364 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gainward(10B0 11C0) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 20.9 Reflection 18.8 Parallax 23.9 17% 21.2 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 18.1 Splatting 19.4 17% 21.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 70 68 137440395294 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5293	77.3% Very good	Read 501 Write 343 Mixed 348 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 63.8 4K Mixed 7.13 88% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 9.21 76% 180 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 2233383007966 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 68 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 37 68721901596 (C2) HDA temperature 28 37 68721901596 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13137 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10143 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10143 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11236	42.3% Average	Read 176 Write 85.9 Mixed 110 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 6.71 91% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 96 DQ Mixed 29.6 43% 80 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 841GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 7433960 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8620698300 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 184 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 504954906 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 79038 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 68719476762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36932423775234 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9667971467 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7955179589	62.8% Good	Read 104 Write 115 Mixed 136 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x4GB 3,879 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.3 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 35%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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