Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	16.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 09:34
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 97.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 251 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 695 69% 565 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 67.3 65% 75 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 72.4 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKJW360H6 360GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1303 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1403 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 62 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 43 100 1009321443371 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 174810 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 70 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 174810 (F2) Unknown 100 100 416913 (F9) Unknown 100 100 28737	59.9% Above average	Read 505 Write 233 Mixed 274 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 15.7 62% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 49.7 64% 119 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 65%
Samsung PM810 mSATA 128GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 48GB free Firmware: AXM18D1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24991 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2035 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 82 82 646 (B2) Unknown 72 72 558 (B3) Unknown 74 74 1034 (B4) Unknown 74 74 2998 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E8) Unknown 72 72 1458 (F1) Unknown 45 45 2363336706 (F2) Unknown 21 21 3392031337	33.3% Below average	Read 223 Write 180 Mixed 169 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 6.43 38% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 82.9 DQ Write 21.9 DQ Mixed 8.81 18% 37.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 43%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 179 6008 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5508 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1519 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52177 (C2) HDA temperature 125 101 25 (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	49.7% Average	Read 88.5 Write 84.3 Mixed 88.1 66% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	85% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 26.6 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,228x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
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 $90Bench 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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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