Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55% 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	57.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 08:51
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 496 63% 479 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1518 MHz, MLim: 1790 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 63.9 57% 67.9 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 54.9 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8321530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -90022514512180 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1099 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 275 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 39 55837130781 (C2) HDA temperature 29 39 55837130781 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8321530 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8321530 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8321530 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19251 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11725 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11725 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19802 (F4) Unknown 95 95 10813605	57.9% Above average	Read 508 Write 99 Mixed 148 54% 252 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 10.4 96% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 79.1 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 27.6 40% 73.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 99GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187065007 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3896 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 56 4935368769782 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2438 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163922 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 522059806 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 38 187065007 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 102306121022829 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2966584415 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2206894190	40.8% Average	Read 73.6 Write 68.3 Mixed 66.4 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.46 100% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 67%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 88.5 Write 94 Mixed 67.5 106% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x4GB 3,982 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.3% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.5 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 64%

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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	1,217x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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