Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 22:23
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 135 2-Core 258 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 711 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 3604) 3GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	47.6% Average	Lighting 57.5 Reflection 51.5 Parallax 66.1 47% 58.4 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 66.6 Splatting 49.1 49% 61.4 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8919 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1362 (A6) Unknown 100 100 120 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 365 (A9) Unknown 100 100 230 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 225 (AE) Unknown 100 100 253 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 81 94 403727515667 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1842 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 28956 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10607 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6045 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	79% Very good	Read 493 Write 176 Mixed 274 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 23.8 122% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 62.3 105% 207 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 255GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 207929128 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4585 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 143105407 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1345 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131076 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 59 302972946 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43591 (C2) HDA temperature 18 41 38654705682 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -121083718002099 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31081675700 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1284986655958	70% Good	Read 135 Write 109 Mixed 107 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.15 59% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,474 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.5% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 62%

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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	1,220x
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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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