Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


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.
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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.6% 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	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 23:50
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	FRA-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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 680 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 105 Parallax 81.7 87% 97.6 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 267GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 507 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 214 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C2) HDA temperature 72 63 158914773020	70.1% Very good	Read 500 Write 277 Mixed 280 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 7.47 85% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 32.4 72% 153 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 99%
WD Green SATA M.2 240GB-$76 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 416 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (A5) Unknown 100 100 189007659371 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 58 180388626464 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 519692943481 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 485 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3388 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1130 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1493 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	45.9% Average	Read 432 Write 215 Mixed 182 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 3.78 43% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 21.2 DQ Mixed 3.61 22% 55 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 523GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90499569 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3063 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4502579570 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8052 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2912 (B7) Unknown 79 79 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 98 128851050548 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 487653404 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 28 90499569 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 47 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -41334765241380 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3180274526 (F2) Unknown 100 253 915789412	55.6% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 97.2 Mixed 105 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 68%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 213GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 26 (03) Spinup time 138 137 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2576 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2250 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1457 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 647 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	60.1% Good	Read 108 Write 101 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 24.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 103%

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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	1,233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

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 i5-12600K $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) $28	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