Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	60.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 17:58
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 243 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 645 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 60.9 57% 66.1 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 53.9 50% 61.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 20484317 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -104324755610531 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1218 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 73 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 41 60132229147 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 60132229147 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20484317 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20484317 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20484317 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 60129542145 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20789 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12787 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12787 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14025 (F4) Unknown 95 95 11141290	60.7% Good	Read 436 Write 135 Mixed 156 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 18.8 100% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 37.5 52% 94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 211GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 63 103478279 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 143617332 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9323 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1215 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 454623258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1305 (C2) HDA temperature 26 11 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 103478279 (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 -82012400507819 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36910009303 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56259798944	92.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 160 Mixed 147 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 159GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 39.2 Mixed 29.6 45% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 71%

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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	1,217x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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