Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.5% 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	97.1% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '16 at 05:34
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 529 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1801.1001 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 63.2 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 82.5 52% 70.8 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 58.8 Splatting 82.3 58% 68.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2052 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 366 (64) Unknown 100 100 3409728 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 75 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 51 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 100 240518758445 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 234 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 67 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 234 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4628 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3647 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3287 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 11224	97.1% Outstanding	Read 719 Write 598 Mixed 637 145% 651 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 13.2 102% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 15.5 24% 45.1 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 159%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217202336 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2445577 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (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 68 62 538705952 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6173 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 21474836512 (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 -16097537425058 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1561880799 (F2) Unknown 100 253 31995394238	104% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 170 Mixed 169 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 205GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125191360 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 21554565406 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2099 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 94994300958 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 602 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 22 22 156498 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 -140737488355298 (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 -136683039219578 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38618384415 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48943627381	94.8% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 142 Mixed 158 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 560 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.2% 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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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