Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.9% 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	59.4% 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 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 06:39
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (95^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 400 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 58.1 39% 47.1 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 42.6 32% 38.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 145547666 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 -113885352799139 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 95 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 52 98787655714 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 98787655714 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 145547666 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 145547666 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 145547666 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 39810 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21179 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21179 (F2) Unknown 0 0 52523	59.4% Above average	Read 372 Write 161 Mixed 223 55% 252 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 12.4 101% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 39.8 55% 101 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 183GB free Firmware: MS1O 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1735 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22898 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2166 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 206160003107 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 169 Mixed 177 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 73%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16