Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	59.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 18:13
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 79.7 2-Core 177 65% 112 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 324 42% 319 Pts	64-Core 333 21% 333 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.2% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 74 60% 74.4 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 69.8 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9935 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1316 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1705401978585 (A6) Unknown 100 100 46 (A7) Unknown 100 100 40 (A8) Unknown 100 100 102 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 71 (AE) Unknown 100 100 81 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 48 206159413276 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6623075765780 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16484 (EA) Unknown 100 100 40052 (F1) Unknown 253 253 23970 (F2) Unknown 253 253 35418 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.9% Above average	Read 459 Write 172 Mixed 190 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 11.9 86% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 68.1 DQ Mixed 10.1 19% 36.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 250GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12896960697 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1520 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10847 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1472 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1528 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1528 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 171799609365 (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	72.6% Very good	Read 143 Write 110 Mixed 130 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8271131 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2091 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 48 44 1610635507072 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032838 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 51 353501205 (C2) HDA temperature 21 49 55834574869 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 9 8271131 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 222 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -133504763417971 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2328424157 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1993251017	44.3% Average	Read 79.8 Write 74.6 Mixed 75.3 58% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.38 90% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 68%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 90GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 75.4 Write 61.6 Mixed 65.9 85% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 43%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 111 Write 22 Mixed 36.9 56% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 3.99 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.3% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 8.7 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 62%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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