Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 05:47
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Memory 84.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 132 66% 106 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 252 26% 212 Pts	64-Core 268 17% 268 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.2% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 41.3 Parallax 27.6 30% 35.3 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 25.1 25% 30.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 36%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 7.04 Parallax 6.81 3% 5.96 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 8.09 5% 6.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 21 100 1045 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1295 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1993 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2045 (A9) Unknown 100 100 89 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2093 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 100 231928234031 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 67 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 173754 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5132 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5678	46.2% Average	Read 187 Write 159 Mixed 87.7 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 3.12 81% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 21.3 53% 114 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 719GB free 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 175 171 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1622 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2795 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1295 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1551 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 34 (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	88.1% Excellent	Read 160 Write 148 Mixed 134 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.23 103% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB 1,609 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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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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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