Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.04% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	16.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, , 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 17:29
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 77.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 454 50% 392 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro NVS 440 105 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Nvidia(10DE 0234) 128MB Ram: 128MB, Driver: 309.8 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.04% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 0.04 Parallax 0.06 0% 0.06 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.04% Great: 0%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 1TB-$380 709 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 683GB free Firmware: SAFM00.W Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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 100 100 770 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1976 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65540 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 75 66 146030198809 (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 1306 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1179 (F2) Unknown 100 100 808 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 338688	79.4% Very good	Read 505 Write 352 Mixed 411 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 11.4 91% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 11.3 78% 182 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 110%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 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 95 95 211266388 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 60705067772853 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 42 42952425496 (C2) HDA temperature 24 42 42952425496 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 211266388 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 211266388 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 211266388 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11219 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6436 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6436 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5191	54.5% Above average	Read 371 Write 195 Mixed 235 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 11.2 77% 34.8 MB/s	DQ Read 84 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 32.9 51% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 84%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 328GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 96.5 Write 34.5 Mixed 95.9 58% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.26 49% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 3x8GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.3% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 12.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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