Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '17 at 09:55
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 195 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 371 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2632 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 159 Parallax 145 106% 145 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 136 Splatting 116 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel S3500 Series 120GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: D2010370 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8665 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1953 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 372 (AF) Unknown 100 100 17181704817 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 74 437714970 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 372 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 424951 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 4106 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 502960 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 424951 (F2) Unknown 100 100 829877	61.6% Good	Read 413 Write 139 Mixed 203 55% 251 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 15.8 117% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 75.8 55% 69.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 73%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 113GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 158 6325 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1835 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1441 (10) Unknown 13 187 235026567029 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 207 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1627 (C2) HDA temperature 119 112 33 (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	102% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 167 Mixed 155 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.34 120% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 98%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4GB free Firmware: 2BC10009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 87 78 4238 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 389 (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 2718 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 210454052890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1607 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 6 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16186 (F1) Unknown 100 94 967715 (F2) Unknown 100 94 1022165	52.3% Above average	Read 72.9 Write 108 Mixed 113 74% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 4.63 4K Mixed 0.56 162% 1.84 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 27.2 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 23.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 86%

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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 i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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) $30	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