Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.8% 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	57.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	14.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 10:44
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 211 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 473 54% 424 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 46.2 Parallax 45.3 39% 46.5 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 42.2 Splatting 37.2 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 303GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 721 Write 657 Mixed 699 155% 692 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57.2 203% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 156 125% 167 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 363%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 155425305 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -107923938200660 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1237 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 93 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 40 60132163611 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 60132163611 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 155425305 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 155425305 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 155425305 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17257 (EA) Unknown 0 0 15344 (F1) Unknown 0 0 15344 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13411 (F4) Unknown 95 95 196673698	57.8% Above average	Read 490 Write 99.1 Mixed 169 55% 253 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 16.7 98% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 40.1 41% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 73%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 173 5758 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3267 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1232 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 966 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 165648 (C2) HDA temperature 124 112 26 (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	67.9% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 120 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 83%
ICY BOX IB-366StU3+B 1TB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 765GB free Firmware: 0 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 97.9 Write 78.1 Mixed 75.9 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 16 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 63 63% 63 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 63%

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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	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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 $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 $177	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