Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.5% 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	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 11:38
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (96^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 410 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 411 25% 411 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2768) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Lighting 34.3 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 40.4 28% 35.5 fps	MRender 43.2 Gravity 41.2 Splatting 36.2 32% 40.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300s SATA M.2 256GB 785 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 162GB free Firmware: X2170002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2407 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1493 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 87 (A9) Unknown 100 100 517 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 62 266289086512 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 86 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7154 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4463 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4852 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	92% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 317 Mixed 302 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.5 148% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 56.1 100% 196 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 98%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 121600311 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 88785563951952 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 41 17182556193 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 17182556193 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 121600311 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 121600311 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 121600311 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5379 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4051 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4051 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9302	66.9% Good	Read 503 Write 174 Mixed 180 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 11.9 103% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 49.3 68% 121 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 84%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 108GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12610609 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -110827336095222 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 904 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 19 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 40 34362359838 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 34362359838 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12610609 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12610609 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12610609 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3362 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2948 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2948 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7394	78.7% Very good	Read 485 Write 231 Mixed 269 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 15.9 122% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 70.4 98% 178 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 204GB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 83.4 Write 109 Mixed 8.25 81% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 8.45 4K Mixed 0.49 306% 3.15 MB/s	DQ Read 0.76 DQ Write 8.27 DQ Mixed 0.71 308% 3.25 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C8 2x4GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 74%

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Gaming 42%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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	97x

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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