Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	75.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 11:21
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 439 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 120GB-$106 3,124 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 16638905 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 37538014186213 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4545 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 807 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16638905 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16638905 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16638905 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23753 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23688 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23688 (F2) Unknown 0 0 35052	75.3% Very good	Read 509 Write 176 Mixed 273 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 16.2 118% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 71.3 97% 179 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116591688 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 4421685132 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2897 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 11 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 30636507169 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40470 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 -140737488355295 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68972879815418 (F1) Unknown 100 253 97010161095 (F2) Unknown 100 253 120290154211	75.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 133 Mixed 124 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.23 61% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 113%
ASMT 2115 4TB 452 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 757GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 149 Write 120 Mixed 87.2 144% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 75%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 24.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 79%

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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	1,219x
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