Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.5% 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	41.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 18:41
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 479 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36BE) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 39.1 36% 42.5 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35.4 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd 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 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3403 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2305 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 285 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 247 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 380138 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 380138 (F2) Unknown 100 100 359417	41.8% Average	Read 258 Write 166 Mixed 197 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 13.8 65% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 19.4 DQ Write 66.7 DQ Mixed 13.5 19% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 51%
Intel SSDSC2BA200G3 200GB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 27GB free Firmware: 5DV12270 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 121 (AF) Unknown 100 100 51557499516 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 80 336068628 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 442016 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 194 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 304863 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 442016 (F2) Unknown 100 100 490077	97.3% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 380 Mixed 407 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 37.5 146% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 110 125% 213 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 97%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 2TB-$58 5,099 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: SN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 36759566 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 92 60 1657790165 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (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 71 52 521207837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3591 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 34359738397 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 9 36759566 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 144 Mixed 149 113% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.53 147% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 104%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 357GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17 (03) Spinup time 165 9 4733 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16481 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 47429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2183 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 129578 (C2) HDA temperature 121 96 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	39% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 67.7 Mixed 65.1 50% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.38 100% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 44%
WD WD2503ABYZ-011FA0 251GB 204 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 70GB free Firmware: 01.01S03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3925 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3601 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 900 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3538 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 85 Mixed 89.9 70% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.4 116% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.M16 Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 1315 CT102464BA160B.M16 Micron 16JTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 32GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.9% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns

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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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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