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 (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '17 at 08:34
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 582 65% 512 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 529GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 627 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 551 (C2) HDA temperature 110 87 33 (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	88.7% Excellent	Read 153 Write 156 Mixed 142 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.24 118% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 140GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9250 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1588 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 544 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 206399 (C2) HDA temperature 115 93 32 (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	40.9% Average	Read 69.7 Write 72.6 Mixed 76.2 55% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 84%
Toshiba MK1665GSX 160GB-$125 1,219 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 125GB free Firmware: GJ002J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^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 1216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 667688 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 25898 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 195 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 4756 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 999502 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 266288365600 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 516 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 32 (DE) Loaded hours 53 53 19025 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 344 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	39.4% Below average	Read 69 Write 68 Mixed 63.6 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.32 81% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.3 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 72%

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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) $30	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