Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.7% 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	47.4% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 98.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 242 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 660 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.9 93% 110 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 276GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 987 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C2) HDA temperature 73 63 158914773019	63.2% Good	Read 501 Write 280 Mixed 279 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 7.7 86% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.3 DQ Write 59.5 DQ Mixed 34.5 29% 41.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 99%
WD Green SATA M.2 240GB-$76 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 961 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (A5) Unknown 100 100 223393546987 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 117 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 58 180388626462 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1069450264825 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 876 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6971 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2167 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2588 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.4% Average	Read 492 Write 217 Mixed 147 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 3.76 49% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.8 DQ Write 21.9 DQ Mixed 0.1 6% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 481GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127306499 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3180 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 4503812082 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3029 (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 71 52 504365085 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 28 127306499 (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 93175020535534 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1734626150 (F2) Unknown 100 253 534165157	61% Good	Read 115 Write 97.1 Mixed 95.4 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%
WD Blue 320GB (2010)-$40 13,720 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 159GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 26 (03) Spinup time 138 137 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2715 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2364 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1578 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 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 200 200 647 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.5% Average	Read 84.9 Write 69.8 Mixed 89.3 62% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 65%
Integral 360 4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 3600 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	5.23% Terrible	Read 15.4 Write 5.95 Mixed 8.05 11% 9.79 MB/s	4K Read 5.84 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.06 27% 2 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.23% Great: 6%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 26.2 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 45.1 89% 45.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.5% 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	1,227x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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