Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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.
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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 06:57
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

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 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)	79.2% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 94 2-Core 185 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 374 50% 371 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 0386) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.95% Terrible	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 1.31 Parallax 1.5 1% 1.35 fps	MRender 1.19 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 1.13 1% 1.04 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.95% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3983 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2357 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 129 (A9) Unknown 100 100 358 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 46 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 47 201864708140 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 309 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12200 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6346 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4327 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 430 Write 372 Mixed 388 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 16.7 114% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 17 67% 148 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 99%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 47GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19207 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 807 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 155737 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 34526467 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 10 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 2353573333 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 155737 (F2) Unknown 100 100 233399	41.8% Average	Read 262 Write 90.6 Mixed 120 34% 157 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 14.4 71% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 58.6 DQ Mixed 13.3 34% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 45%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 470GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 159 6858 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7411 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6279 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7410 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 39 (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	44.2% Average	Read 81.4 Write 72.5 Mixed 81.4 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 51%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 152GB free Firmware: CP100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5632 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21752 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32327 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8717 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 2 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 37 (C2) HDA temperature 127 97 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2541232 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 27	38.4% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 69.8 Mixed 71.8 52% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.37 92% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.1% Average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.4 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16