Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


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 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.1% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 768 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 12:32
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-4570S 11,172 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 201 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 384 51% 382 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 6.35 Parallax 6.97 3% 5.75 fps	MRender 9.95 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.96 6% 6.76 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 756 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 696 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1756675113455 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 38 266287972394 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 708674912421 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1376 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4636 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2552 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3792 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.1% Above average	Read 489 Write 235 Mixed 253 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 1.9 70% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 3.01 16% 33.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 86%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 193GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2116 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5302 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3027 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 935 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 438107 (C2) HDA temperature 116 87 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	27.1% Poor	Read 49.9 Write 44.3 Mixed 43.8 35% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 60%
Maxtor STM380211AS 80GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 15GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 80 68538613 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 555625703 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4716 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 50 656736295 (C2) HDA temperature 39 50 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 46 75275686 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 59 Mixed 57.9 44% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.42 89% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 1319 CL9-9-9 D3-1333 8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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