Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	109% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 18:55
Run Duration	415 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 583 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 179 Parallax 201 97% 166 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 178 Splatting 120 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 284GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^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 3044 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 470 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 45 236224118821 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3297158344 (F7) Unknown 100 100 103100486 (F8) Unknown 100 100 21748198 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1931 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.7% Excellent	Read 465 Write 290 Mixed 337 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 25.7 108% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 45.4 92% 189 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8930 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1178 (B1) Unknown 86 86 288 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37869017526	109% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 389 Mixed 415 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 44.6 170% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 101 132% 239 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 142 11541 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4114 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8417 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1131 (10) Unknown 0 200 16615963787 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4069 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 36 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.8% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 163 Mixed 153 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.34 127% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 100%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	4.33% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 2.75 Mixed 3.37 6% 6.95 MB/s	4K Read 6.69 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.005 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.33% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.8% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 15.5 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 72%

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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 $182	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) $30	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