Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.9% 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	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	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	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 05:06
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 (97^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 430 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 58.9 49% 61.4 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 57.9 Splatting 52.9 49% 60.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 106GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7265 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 380 (A2) Unknown 100 100 539 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393233 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1898 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8646	80.6% Excellent	Read 506 Write 346 Mixed 348 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 10.4 98% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 47.8 93% 189 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 97%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 47GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3477 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 371 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 657 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1441896 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 57 48 223338299435 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11681 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10236 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8919 (F4) Unknown 100 100 22 (F5) Unknown 100 100 104 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3020224	95.8% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 482 Mixed 486 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 13.5 112% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 57.5 113% 228 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%
Hitachi HUA722050CLA330 500GB 1,077 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 218GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790251321 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2249 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 35232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2210 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2329 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 236224118827 (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 5	62.9% Good	Read 104 Write 116 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.37 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x4GB 5,041 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.7% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.6 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 9.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 64%

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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