Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.5% 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	94.7% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 08:57
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 96.2 1-Core 91.7 2-Core 180 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 355 46% 348 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Lighting 41.6 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 55 34% 42.6 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 40 Splatting 38.4 30% 35.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP920 256GB-$203 2,823 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4724 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1230 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 187 (AE) Unknown 100 100 166 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 43 244814184479 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 47175558918 (F7) Unknown 100 100 49641907 (F8) Unknown 100 100 63467779	94.7% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 318 Mixed 403 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 30.8 136% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 58.2 113% 228 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 99%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 86.8 Mixed 60.2 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 3.29 4K Mixed 0.31 110% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 966GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196697264 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1838 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40903400 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1141 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 554893344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24234 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 60129542176 (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 59459527250638 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16836352997 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1209312845924	81.6% Excellent	Read 147 Write 138 Mixed 148 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.1 42% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 114%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 517GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 223 164 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8863 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13016 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 84280 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 32 (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 1	47.4% Average	Read 83.6 Write 81.5 Mixed 85.6 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.13 71% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 22 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 91%

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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	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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	137x
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 $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16