Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.3% 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	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 00:03
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 437 59% 438 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 68 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 84.4 55% 71.7 fps	MRender 60.3 Gravity 56 Splatting 80 55% 65.4 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 834 Write 217 Mixed 298 97% 450 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 27.5 4K Mixed 11.5 54% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 33.5 DQ Mixed 18.6 16% 22.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 133%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 562GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1075 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 68 63 9911 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7947 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17106 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7136 (B5) Unknown 97 97 69845991 (BF) G-sense error rate 27 27 737456 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 244814118945 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 72 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 22920 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 10 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 47477	61.1% Good	Read 95 Write 117 Mixed 114 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.35 114% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-478.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/4G 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.7% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 66%

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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	1,219x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $179	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16