Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 20:48
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 689 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 222 Parallax 194 155% 202 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 187 Splatting 145 128% 157 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 503 Mixed 512 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 29.6 151% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 59.8 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 137 128% 189 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 445%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 77GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 229 222 8508 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20005 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 51901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4468 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19990 (C2) HDA temperature 113 79 37 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 56 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.6% Above average	Read 112 Write 78.3 Mixed 56.7 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.19 95% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 76%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 23GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 177 5791 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9802 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8097 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1175 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23447 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 29 (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	43.3% Average	Read 78.5 Write 72 Mixed 71.2 56% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 88%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 20GB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4238 (03) Spinup time 40 40 15000 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19749 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 28 28 53038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3856 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 806 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 400322 (C2) HDA temperature 117 79 35 (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 200 197 457 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 7	59.1% Above average	Read 113 Write 92.2 Mixed 86.2 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 0.41 119% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 4x8GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 81%

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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	1,219x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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