Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.7% 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	154% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '17 at 18:09
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 441 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2763) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.7% Poor	Lighting 29.9 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 34.7 24% 30.7 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 36.4 Splatting 30.6 28% 35.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Se NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 917GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 2,119 Write 492 Mixed 629 233% 1,080 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 18.9 124% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 19.2 28% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 187%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 1TB-$50 17,310 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 507GB free Firmware: CV13 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 118 99 176298664 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3799 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4330988966 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2106 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 570 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 554958878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 68 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13708 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 25769803806 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	71% Very good	Read 138 Write 110 Mixed 103 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.14 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 119%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 USB 3.0 64GB-$30 116 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 54GB free, PID 168e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 192 Write 22.5 Mixed 33 72% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.57 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.43 52% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 63%

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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	1,227x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16