Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	26.9% 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	89.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140531
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '15 at 08:53
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th 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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 128 2-Core 257 87% 193 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 518 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4752 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Lighting 32.4 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 40.8 26% 34.3 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 29.6 Splatting 33.2 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2426 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 192 (A9) Unknown 100 100 479 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 75 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 82 41 176094380050 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 562 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 562 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11919312637 (F2) Unknown 253 253 19357391548 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	89.9% Excellent	Read 439 Write 331 Mixed 356 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 23.6 142% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 52.9 89% 176 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 99%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 97GB free Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5095833 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -29600914603599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 15 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 21 26 60131246101 (C2) HDA temperature 21 26 60131246101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5095833 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5095833 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5095833 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 504 (EA) Unknown 0 0 197 (F1) Unknown 0 0 197 (F2) Unknown 0 0 56	94% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 283 Mixed 364 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 18.8 159% 65.2 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 80.4 108% 194 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA330 1TB 8,831 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 591GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131073 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 133 133 25788809494 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 98 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 99 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 180389609500 (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	47.3% Average	Read 84.7 Write 80 Mixed 78.6 61% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 76%
Samsung HD403LJ 400GB-$183 4,107 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 240GB free Firmware: CT10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7424 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25860 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26899 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3114 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 13859 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BC) Unknown 88 88 1226 (BE) vendor-specific 76 48 24 (C2) HDA temperature 163 82 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 13859 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 25 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	32.4% Below average	Read 50.9 Write 61.7 Mixed 53 42% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.35 85% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 42%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	32x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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