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Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	18.2% 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	56.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '15 at 15:44
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 130 2-Core 254 87% 192 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 691 73% 585 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 1138) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5306 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.2% Very poor	Lighting 20.5 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 19.2 17% 21.1 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 26.7 21% 25.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel(r) 910 200GB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 122GB free Firmware: a424 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 84%
Intel(r) 910 200GB 172 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 122GB free Firmware: a424 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 84%
PNY Optima 240GB-$64 788 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 96GB free Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 555 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6537 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 5 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3297 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 15562 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 486 (F2) Unknown 100 100 861	87.4% Excellent	Read 512 Write 288 Mixed 336 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 33.8 125% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 73.2 102% 187 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 98%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 24304005 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 78477642440655 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 745 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 250 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 74 60134391836 (C2) HDA temperature 28 74 60134391836 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24304005 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24304005 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24304005 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10138 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3477 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3477 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4144	56.9% Above average	Read 461 Write 122 Mixed 151 53% 245 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 16 86% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 38.6 53% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 577GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 2433 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 774 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 753 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 31 (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	80.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 104 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.35 144% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 109%
Hds72251 6VLAT80 165GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 80GB free Firmware: V34O Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.3% Poor	Read 48.9 Write 45.9 Mixed 45.5 35% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 27%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,152 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,231x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
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	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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