Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	10.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '17 at 15:44
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 221 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 558 64% 500 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 351A) 1GB CLim: 970 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 9.94 10% 11.9 fps	MRender 16.1 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 16 12% 14.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ512GDNU 512GB 225 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 453GB free (System drive) Firmware: JULA0102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 47 45 236225429557 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 470 Mixed 499 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 32.6 132% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 118 134% 227 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 374GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 59 (03) Spinup time 138 127 6066 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10135 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3970 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 462 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10132 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 37 (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 3101 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.6% Below average	Read 74.9 Write 62.6 Mixed 73.2 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.46 125% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-036.A00LF 2x8GB 1,048 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.4 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.1 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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	96x

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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