Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	51.8% 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	62.3% 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '15 at 01:07
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 123 2-Core 242 83% 182 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 687 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E289) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.0.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 63.5 Reflection 58.6 Parallax 74.1 52% 65.4 fps	MRender 54.7 Gravity 56.1 Splatting 74.7 52% 61.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 mSATA 256GB-$398 658 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 49 219044708392 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 609316191 (F7) Unknown 100 100 19068475 (F8) Unknown 100 100 404313	62.3% Good	Read 362 Write 157 Mixed 215 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 29.4 99% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 74.2 80% 136 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 106%
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 128GB 720 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 21GB free Firmware: AGYA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 88 88 2577108697520 (AA) Unknown 100 100 292066951266 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8591573003 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 78 70 128849870870 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	39.6% Below average	Read 198 Write 168 Mixed 188 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 10.2 68% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 59.5 DQ Mixed 9.68 16% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 44%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,122 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

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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	1,219x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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

Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)