Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	179% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 10:23
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 712 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 217 Parallax 204 154% 203 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 185 Splatting 131 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 562GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2088 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 411 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 65 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1730753106	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 410 Mixed 411 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 47.7 173% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 91.3 106% 186 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 374GB free Firmware: X41000WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2166 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 427 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6029380 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 708 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 59 253404184601 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 81605296147 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1290 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1488 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1385 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13355 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.3% Excellent	Read 498 Write 341 Mixed 281 82% 374 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 21 112% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 46 79% 159 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 275GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2411 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 510 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2355717160	109% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 413 Mixed 420 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 46.8 172% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 92.9 106% 187 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,392 Write 932 Mixed 906 238% 1,077 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 56.2 181% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 104 109% 185 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 219%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.1 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 25.2 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

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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	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16