Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 22:56
Run Duration	349 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 565 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.9 89% 108 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 143 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 68 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2773163365
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Sandisk SD7SB7S512G1122 512GB 1,543 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 161GB free Firmware: X3540000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1885 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68768891487 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 532 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 46 197569347609 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1103810330881 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4154 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6316 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5219 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6463 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 494 Write 390 Mixed 368 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 13.2 81% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 11.1 88% 207 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 496 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 824 (C2) HDA temperature 115 100 28 (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	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 176 Mixed 155 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.36 147% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 770GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 169 1958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 507 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3533 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 28 (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	97.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 176 Mixed 167 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.3 125% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 181 180 5092 (03) Spinup time 149 143 3516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 938 (BF) G-sense error rate 86 86 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22520 (C2) HDA temperature 120 98 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 198 122 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	5.89% Terrible	Read 4.96 Write 15.6 Mixed 7.19 7% 9.24 MB/s	4K Read 0.003 4K Write 0.16 4K Mixed 0.004 4% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 5.89% Great: 50%
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free Firmware: GN001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th 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 2973 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1398 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 432 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2316 (0A) Spinup retry count 127 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1136 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 60988 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240518496283 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 54 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 564 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 332 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	40.7% Average	Read 66.8 Write 75.1 Mixed 66.1 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	66.3% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 18.9 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 69%

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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	1,217x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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