Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.9% 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	56.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 21:06
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 217 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 433 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Lighting 65.4 Reflection 58.6 Parallax 76.6 53% 66.8 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 52.7 Splatting 75.5 52% 62 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 101GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3591828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -14413910243454 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1996 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 168 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 37 39 77311967269 (C2) HDA temperature 37 39 77311967269 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3591828 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3591828 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3591828 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 68719476736 (E9) Unknown 0 0 175 (EA) Unknown 0 0 82 (F1) Unknown 0 0 82 (F2) Unknown 0 0 184 (F4) Unknown 100 100 720898	50.3% Above average	Read 480 Write 154 Mixed 234 63% 289 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 15.4 67% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 44.8 DQ Mixed 11.2 15% 26.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5875312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 85040352470469 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6403 (0D) Soft read error rate 44 44 -69234866936208 (64) Unknown 0 0 17924 (AA) Unknown 0 0 3648 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1077 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 33 33 67 (BD) vendor-specific 33 54 73017983009 (C2) HDA temperature 33 54 73017983009 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5875312 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 102 102 -98475010162688 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5875312 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5875312 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 14 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16223 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10726 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10726 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8902	56.2% Above average	Read 499 Write 173 Mixed 193 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 11.3 62% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 11 51% 114 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 73%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140 3,296 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 148GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 124 113 6325 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21307 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 32 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 41894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 12601 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 34 (C4) Reallocation count 195 195 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.3% Below average	Read 50.9 Write 54.2 Mixed 50.4 39% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.38 95% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 67%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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