Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	178% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 20:06
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 673 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 208GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 857 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 290 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 66 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9253319783	90.6% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 402 Mixed 417 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 28 146% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 27.4 32% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 174GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12349 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2407 (B1) Unknown 93 93 79 (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 69 48 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 610 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47599018435	84.2% Excellent	Read 483 Write 224 Mixed 348 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 72.4 4K Mixed 25.7 129% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 82.3 118% 223 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 118%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,280 Write 1,181 Mixed 1,253 276% 1,238 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 33.4 173% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.9 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 33.5 42% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 292%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 62 (03) Spinup time 172 163 8383 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18041 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1957 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 203 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37817 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.2% Very good	Read 145 Write 107 Mixed 103 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.21 87% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 100%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8736 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1115 (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 91 91 3886 (0A) Spinup retry count 122 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1082 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 80 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2953 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231928823848 (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 200 253 3 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 92 92 3244 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 208 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 145 Write 150 Mixed 143 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.44 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.25 130% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 655GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 117431440 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2580 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 57 8609441763 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1755 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295032844 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 44 99305717791 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44481 (C2) HDA temperature 31 56 30064771103 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 18 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -39054137616782 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61461246133 (F2) Unknown 100 253 281543573454	81.6% Excellent	Read 159 Write 126 Mixed 124 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 26.3 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 86%

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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	1,219x
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