Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.3% 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	118% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '17 at 21:39
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 98.6 2-Core 194 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 548 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 31.7 Reflection 30 Parallax 36 26% 32.6 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 37.7 Splatting 33.9 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$320 1,236 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 750 Write 704 Mixed 726 162% 727 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 25 124% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 35.2 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 23.6 69% 138 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 209%
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 21GB free Firmware: S8FM06.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10031 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1469 (A2) Unknown 100 100 214 (AA) Unknown 100 100 224 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131087 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 773 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 395 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2092	76.5% Very good	Read 489 Write 382 Mixed 422 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 10.4 92% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 24.7 60% 122 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 10GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4157 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 569 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (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 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15661591792	101% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 409 Mixed 414 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 26 150% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 117 132% 226 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 7.5 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.4 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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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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