Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.8% 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	47.9% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 06:54
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 258 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 647 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3208) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Lighting 37.8 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 30.9 31% 34.4 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 32.5 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^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 5518 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1989 (A2) Unknown 77 77 98 (AA) Unknown 100 100 87 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13771418 (AE) Unknown 100 100 122 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10367 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12447	47.9% Average	Read 460 Write 63.3 Mixed 102 44% 208 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 3.06 78% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 2.95 28% 66.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2137 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5159 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1935 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 451 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24012 (C2) HDA temperature 115 106 32 (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	62.6% Good	Read 118 Write 100 Mixed 94.7 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.15 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 84%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,114 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 21GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 96.2 Write 93.7 Mixed 74.6 112% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-8GNT 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2000, 2000 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 74%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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