Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.5% 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	55.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '17 at 20:23
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690S-$141 2,142 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 413 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2877) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 320.49 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Lighting 23.9 Reflection 22 Parallax 21.5 20% 22.5 fps	MRender 33.8 Gravity 23.9 Splatting 25.7 22% 27.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 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 95 95 25459398 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -88141318844682 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 852 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 35 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 35 81606672413 (C2) HDA temperature 29 35 81606672413 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25459398 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25459398 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25459398 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5877 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4023 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4023 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4187	55.8% Above average	Read 431 Write 135 Mixed 129 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 13 96% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 94.8 DQ Mixed 12.5 24% 45 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDT722520DLA380 200GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 121GB free Firmware: V44OA96A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 113 113 25789989172 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7373 (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 97 97 22575 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5991 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7517 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 223339216928 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1	17.7% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 29.8 Mixed 44.7 27% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 34%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 62GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 186 155 1683 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 27674 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8102 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3817 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 426942 (C2) HDA temperature 119 73 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36.4% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 65.9 Mixed 63.8 48% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.28 77% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

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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 $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) $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