Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 10:00
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	23%

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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 i5-4690K-$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 above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 428 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 143 Parallax 131 111% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 131 Splatting 110 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SNAT128G1002 128GB 12,768 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2317002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 100 37 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 90 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 257698037803 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 509 (F1) Unknown 253 253 397 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1057	62.6% Good	Read 489 Write 181 Mixed 262 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 3.98 100% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 3.86 32% 70 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 916GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1207 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1211 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 253403856935 (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 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 174 Mixed 179 134% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 201GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 39.9 Write 39.9 Mixed 28.7 46% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 1x8GB 12,839 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.1 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 34%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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