Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 23:05
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 499 54% 426 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.7 89% 108 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 143 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 68 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2781192438	95.8% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 404 Mixed 419 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 36.9 159% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 98.3 DQ Mixed 26.8 32% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 134%
Sandisk SD7SB7S512G1122 512GB 1,543 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 161GB free Firmware: X3540000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 1885 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 628 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68768957023 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 532 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 46 197569347610 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1103810330881 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4154 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6320 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5222 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6465 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.8% Excellent	Read 495 Write 456 Mixed 446 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 13.2 118% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 64.7 75% 120 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 496 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 824 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 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 0	106% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 178 Mixed 164 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.32 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.36 147% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 770GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 169 1958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 507 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1465 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3533 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 29 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 175 Mixed 166 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.23 119% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 181 180 5092 (03) Spinup time 149 143 3516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1495 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 938 (BF) G-sense error rate 86 86 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 357 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22521 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 198 122 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.5% Average	Read 77 Write 92.1 Mixed 81.6 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.24 68% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 50%
Toshiba MK5059GSXP 500GB-$50 5,600 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 466GB free Firmware: GN001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2973 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1398 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 432 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2316 (0A) Spinup retry count 127 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1136 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 60995 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240518496285 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 33 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 54 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 564 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 355 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	41.5% Average	Read 68.9 Write 75.7 Mixed 68.1 53% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 18.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 69%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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 $94Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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