Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	28.6% 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	87.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '16 at 16:22
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 706 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 37.6 28% 34.5 fps	MRender 41.5 Gravity 31.7 Splatting 34.8 29% 36 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Inte SSDSC2BW240A4 240GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 114581137523648 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 40 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 43 85902164001 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 403 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 89143 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 61 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 89143 (F2) Unknown 100 100 150993 (F9) Unknown 100 100 9611	87.8% Excellent	Read 495 Write 242 Mixed 294 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 21.9 147% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 51.9 90% 177 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 90%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 135GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 109 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3785 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12905 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2979 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1485 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 33	47.7% Average	Read 89.7 Write 76.2 Mixed 73.9 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.39 108% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 76%
WD WD10EZRX-00A8LB0 1TB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 69GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 140 137 3966 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4281 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2409 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1782 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 66154 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47.3% Average	Read 87.2 Write 77.1 Mixed 69.4 58% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.18 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 79%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B 1TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 63GB free Firmware: 03.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1799 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 656 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3144 (C2) HDA temperature 116 87 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.8% Above average	Read 106 Write 95 Mixed 97.1 75% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.46 118% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 22.6 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 72%

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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	1,227x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
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	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16