Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	57.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '16 at 10:41
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	36.2% Below average	Memory 37 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 114 38% 69.1 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 241 28% 219 Pts	64-Core 272 17% 272 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Lighting 72.9 Reflection 72.9 Parallax 70.4 59% 72.1 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 66.9 Splatting 57.6 53% 66.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123782384 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23366589 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (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 63 487718939 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 17179869211 (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 130717329654921 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3713729314 (F2) Unknown 100 253 175339753741	97% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 155 Mixed 150 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 50939472 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48771455 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 42 945347035163 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 124292 (C2) HDA temperature 27 58 4294967323 (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 41708427417984 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5465916371 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4418641792	89.3% Excellent	Read 169 Write 142 Mixed 147 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 4.93 4K Mixed 0.38 164% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 114%
pny USB 2.0 FD 16GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 005d, Phy Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Read 22.7 Write 6.09 Mixed 9.05 13% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0.18 4K Mixed 0.64 44% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8C-PB HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 12GB 1,138 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 5.7 17% 6 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 2.9 10% 3.5 GB/s	Latency 217 18% 217 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 51%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,224x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	483x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16