Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '17 at 22:35
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 53.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 76% 146 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 643 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3660) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.3% Poor	Lighting 26.5 Reflection 27.3 Parallax 37.2 22% 30.3 fps	MRender 34.6 Gravity 31.8 Splatting 23.6 24% 30 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27634 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 138 (B1) Unknown 80 80 714 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 96 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64952455603	94.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 486 Mixed 499 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 23.5 127% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.2 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 23.1 60% 117 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 308GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17 (03) Spinup time 178 177 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 365 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 337 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 216 (C2) HDA temperature 108 91 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 1	63.6% Good	Read 115 Write 107 Mixed 95.2 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.3 106% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 107GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 821 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 48119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 644 (C2) HDA temperature 110 87 37 (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	46.8% Average	Read 93.3 Write 69.8 Mixed 72.4 59% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.27 75% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 7 22% 7.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 148 27% 148 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 79%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	31x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

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