Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	17.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '17 at 10:07
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 572 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 561 35% 561 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX 207 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 02C2) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 309.8 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	1.09% Terrible	Lighting 2.03 Reflection 1.12 Parallax 0.5 2% 1.22 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.09% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD40PURZ-85TTDY0 4TB 427GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 166 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 972 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1781 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 970 (C2) HDA temperature 119 116 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	16.8% Very poor	Read 153 Write 164 Mixed 134 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.28 2% 0.98 MB/s

Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6030 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 436 (B1) Unknown 96 96 76 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35249806711	55.3% Above average	Read 494 Write 386 Mixed 330 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 8.73 4K Write 26.5 4K Mixed 7.69 37% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 12.6 DQ Write 28.9 DQ Mixed 49.5 30% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 134%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 505GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 7850 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1501 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1472 (C2) HDA temperature 119 111 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	53.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 80.1 Mixed 83.4 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 100%
WD WD10EURS-630AB1 1TB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 502GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 183 6625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1768 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1703 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.2% Average	Read 86.7 Write 67.3 Mixed 75.6 58% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.18 57% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 60%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 422GB free Firmware: 0143 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 101 Mixed 91 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 63%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 252GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1636 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 559 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1585 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	44.7% Average	Read 80.2 Write 75.3 Mixed 94.4 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 86%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 101GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896567477 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2053 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 221 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2062 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2062 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 206159740964 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.2% Good	Read 111 Write 131 Mixed 105 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 69%
ASMT 2105 180GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 164GB free, PID 5136 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 236 Write 186 Mixed 205 262% 209 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 9.23 1,245% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 30.7 DQ Mixed 9.1 1,420% 19.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 179%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL11-11-11 D3-1600 4x8GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.4% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 15.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 60%

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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 $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