Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.2% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 21:32
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 581 66% 516 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Lighting 64.1 Reflection 65.1 Parallax 79.2 52% 69.4 fps	MRender 62.2 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 51.8 46% 57.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 71 100 2119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1701 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2835 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2887 (A9) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 3 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2863 (AE) Unknown 100 100 301 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 240518168612 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 95 (E8) Unknown 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 277643 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7829 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3371	73.1% Very good	Read 504 Write 207 Mixed 288 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 4.05 115% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 4.03 59% 138 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95882192 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15182176 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1645 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 622723105 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48063 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 47244640289 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 9229884721143 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11550915793 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40298907629	105% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 184 Mixed 175 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04E99927-15 0921 16G-D3-2133-MR 0118 8GBH2X04E99927-15 0921 16G-D3-2133-MR 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.6% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 51%

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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