Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


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 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.7% 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	85.7% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 23:00
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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 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)	79.7% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 651 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gainward(10B0 1184) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 42 Reflection 38.3 Parallax 51 34% 43.7 fps	MRender 52 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 35.1 36% 44.8 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12731 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1291 (B1) Unknown 92 92 94 (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 49 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 55 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46343125002	85.7% Excellent	Read 496 Write 337 Mixed 336 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 21.9 134% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 21.7 51% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 210GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186748368 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 53 1112485871965 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1298 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65541 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 25 25 150628 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 47244640287 (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 8396661069752 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40703170149 (F2) Unknown 100 253 708074580561	74.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 125 Mixed 118 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 196GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113466384 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 664 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4310972797 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 538247199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11392 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 68719476767 (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 28076201217934 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23562557251 (F2) Unknown 100 253 231908956205	72.8% Very good	Read 114 Write 139 Mixed 97.7 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 5.29 4K Mixed 0.48 170% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 61%

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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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	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