Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	11.4% 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	38.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 22:30
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 217 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 433 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B E147) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 12.9 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 10.6 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 12.7 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 87 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 534 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 488 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 43857 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 183 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 5249 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 43857 (F2) Unknown 100 100 67391	38.8% Below average	Read 253 Write 155 Mixed 193 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 35.1 4K Mixed 10.8 54% 20 MB/s	DQ Read 82.4 DQ Write 64.4 DQ Mixed 31.2 35% 59.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74845640 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1060 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 514219 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 2044435628547 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 60 606339108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6161 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 51539607588 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 6254 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -27092653702567 (F1) Unknown 100 253 757195261 (F2) Unknown 100 253 446894129	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 172 Mixed 169 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 388GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163933720 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 564988 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2614 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 60129542179 (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 -121633473822219 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7323184207 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7612465601	60.5% Good	Read 111 Write 99.7 Mixed 98.5 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.14 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 2x4GB 8,083 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

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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 $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