Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.5% 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	90.1% 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	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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 22:08
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 690 75% 596 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% PNY(196E 096A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.5% Poor	Lighting 21.1 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 47.8 17% 34.4 fps	MRender 47 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 34.3 33% 41.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 240GB 600 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 924 Write 206 Mixed 312 104% 481 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 13.5 103% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 80 104% 193 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 6210432 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1317513 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 884 (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 72 58 521863196 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8721 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 55834574876 (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 97354023702359 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4372285767 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16089476062	91.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 152 Mixed 141 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 738GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172290720 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 844463 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1798 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 521797659 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 918 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11045 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 55834574875 (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 90108413876014 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7699124483 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11925475134	87.3% Excellent	Read 192 Write 113 Mixed 115 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 221GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54509026 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 52 94506861574 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 8101 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 854711599309 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 605814819 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 26 54509026 (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 111604725229919 (F1) Unknown 100 253 381262505 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1512683354	51.7% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 84.3 Mixed 81.8 66% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.28 74% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.6 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 25.2 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

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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	1,217x
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 $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