Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.9% 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	106% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 18:44
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 392 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 8A9B) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 18.1 Parallax 21.4 19% 21.1 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 24.1 Splatting 17.7 18% 22.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 104GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5744 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2102 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6610604786	108% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 401 Mixed 413 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 44.4 168% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 108 125% 219 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 102GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4940 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1983 (B1) Unknown 96 96 202 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28553928904	110% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 483 Mixed 486 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 39.2 154% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 134 142% 237 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2218 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 535 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 55 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22950336117	106% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 395 Mixed 407 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 46.6 163% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 102 116% 202 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 911GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9260 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2651 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 60336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 212 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 487587867 (C2) HDA temperature 74 53 504365082 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 287136 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.8% Average	Read 88.9 Write 81.1 Mixed 106 70% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-079.A00LF 1x8GB 1,030 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 10 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 34%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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) $32	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