Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.7% 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	36% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 19:00
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 412 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8A90) ≥ 4GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	3.5% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 5.38 Parallax 3.44 4% 4.42 fps	MRender 4.57 Gravity 4.6 Splatting 3.17 3% 4.12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.5% Great: 5%
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.1 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.7% Average	Lighting 59.8 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 77.6 49% 67.7 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 54.7 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 120GB 388 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 455 Write 102 Mixed 148 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 5.47 32% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 86.1 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 14.4 20% 38.6 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 248GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5267 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 63 10010 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8651 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17896 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7574 (B5) Unknown 97 97 71284221 (BF) G-sense error rate 27 27 737468 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 244814118940 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 11 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 72 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 22924 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 10 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 87985	46.2% Average	Read 77.3 Write 83.3 Mixed 99.5 66% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.31 95% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 78%

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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	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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	96x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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