Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	16.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '17 at 01:01
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 198 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 363 49% 363 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WL1000GSA6472E 1TB 518 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 905GB free Firmware: 12.V07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1735 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1682 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 35 (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	81.1% Excellent	Read 156 Write 127 Mixed 128 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.49 141% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 95%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA660 500GB 17,638 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 90 65537 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 94 (03) Spinup time 121 100 12897222846 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4300669564 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 488767520 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 796 (C2) HDA temperature 187 150 171799740448 (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 200 200 0	42.6% Average	Read 73.9 Write 74.7 Mixed 72.9 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.38 88% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Micron 4JTF25664AZ-1G6E1 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Micron 4JTF25664AZ-1G6E1 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.7% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 61%

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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