Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	140% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 9 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 12:39
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 471 62% 468 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.8% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 60.8 51% 63.6 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 59.2 Splatting 56.7 51% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 43GB free Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th 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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4666 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 561 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2031779 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10682399 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 61 57 184684707879 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8426 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7858 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6318 (F4) Unknown 100 100 31 (F5) Unknown 100 100 163 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2154432	95.1% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 507 Mixed 382 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 13.6 110% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 20.6 84% 189 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 111%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 38GB free Firmware: 541A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5521164 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 74156905349244 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 99 (B1) Unknown 0 0 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 41 50 34363015209 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 34363015209 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5521164 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5521164 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5521164 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37195 (EA) Unknown 0 0 33186 (F1) Unknown 0 0 33186 (F2) Unknown 0 0 37948	70% Good	Read 491 Write 244 Mixed 271 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 97.1 4K Mixed 8.79 107% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 58.1 62% 102 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 685 Write 546 Mixed 610 137% 614 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 49.6 206% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 99.5 151% 278 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 157%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 16GB free Firmware: 01.0 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 157 6950 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14355 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39799 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2690 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14328 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 42 (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	32.3% Below average	Read 59.9 Write 52.2 Mixed 39.4 38% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.26 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 209 (03) Spinup time 125 122 6750 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2525 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 49677 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1268 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 120 120 242249 (C2) HDA temperature 106 97 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 29 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 7 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 50	47.7% Average	Read 89.9 Write 76.3 Mixed 74.2 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 59%
Corsair Voyager GO 64GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 56GB free, PID 1a0f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 42.1 Write 13.9 Mixed 17 26% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.48 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.84 93% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 24.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 85%

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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 $90Bench 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 $175	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