Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.2% 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	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 366 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Sapphire(174B E306) CLim: 965 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 50 Parallax 51.1 36% 48.6 fps	MRender 49.5 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 35.7 33% 41.3 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 9 (AA) Unknown 100 100 10 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 72 69 133145362460 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 170 (F1) Unknown 100 100 174 (F2) Unknown 100 100 97 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9672	56.5% Above average	Read 417 Write 210 Mixed 44.1 48% 223 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 4.13 73% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 1.3 43% 103 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 85%
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 28GB free Firmware: 5.0.7b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 120181774886958 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1379 (AB) Unknown 0 0 2 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 268 (B1) Unknown 0 0 15 (B5) Unknown 0 0 2 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 55838179358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15634 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13547 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13547 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12089	37.4% Below average	Read 276 Write 64.8 Mixed 90.3 31% 144 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 9.33 71% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 17.7 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 21.5 22% 35 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 188GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134114648 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1115 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36316184 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1053 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31687 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 47244640283 (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 34256659158907 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16818177281 (F2) Unknown 100 253 273052897579	75.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 122 Mixed 137 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 161GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 50166132 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 996 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17698479 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1004 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 454688795 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1066 (C2) HDA temperature 27 11 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 1 50166132 (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 132126078933821 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6065530626 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5609674069	72% Very good	Read 114 Write 137 Mixed 80.4 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.27 79% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 8GB 359 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1922, 1922 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.6% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 61%

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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