Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.6% 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	91.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '16 at 14:10
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 447 61% 452 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3765) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 38.2 28% 34.7 fps	MRender 42.3 Gravity 31.7 Splatting 35 30% 36.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3235 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 43 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 28 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 101 (E7) Temperature 100 100 31 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3521 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3913	91.5% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 289 Mixed 365 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 35.4 136% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 66 107% 206 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 97%
Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB (2013) 2,070 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 365GB free Firmware: CC92 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 84 170324222 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9035723 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1137 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 15680 (BC) Unknown 100 98 154621247534 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 40 1641165815837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11590 (C2) HDA temperature 29 60 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 99 170324222 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 7554847482141 (F1) Unknown 100 253 501382507 (F2) Unknown 100 253 205729622	61% Good	Read 105 Write 107 Mixed 97.6 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.52 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 71%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 306GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896764086 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2980 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 705 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3552 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3552 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 210454446108 (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	79.6% Very good	Read 145 Write 133 Mixed 148 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.18 56% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-199.A00LF 2x4GB 869 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 64%

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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 $179	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