Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '16 at 22:44
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 267 36% 267 Pts	64-Core 262 16% 262 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 76.6 66% 79.1 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 74.2 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 25313180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 42030549962567 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1488 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 163 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 59 64428376093 (C2) HDA temperature 29 59 64428376093 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 25313180 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 25313180 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 25313180 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7190 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6498 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6498 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6975	36.1% Below average	Read 166 Write 77.1 Mixed 99.8 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 8.26 79% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 19 DQ Write 89 DQ Mixed 24.9 28% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 73%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 134GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 126 121 4683 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2771 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2552 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 112231 (C2) HDA temperature 115 86 28 (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	84.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 146 Mixed 138 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.25 106% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-441.A00LF 2x4GB 108 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 17.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 56%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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