Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	4.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 12:17
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 598 60% 485 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 109 89% 110 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 93.4 78% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 222GB free Firmware: 583A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15192223 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -65919158042976 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1192 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 185 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 50 60132818979 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 60132818979 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15192223 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15192223 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15192223 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2340 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1002 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1002 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3489	59.5% Above average	Read 507 Write 204 Mixed 265 71% 325 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 20.5 4K Mixed 14.5 69% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 46.8 59% 108 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 65%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 179 5616 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8174 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23468 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2594 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 303918 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 29 (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	79.2% Very good	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 131 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.27 114% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 84%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3111 (03) Spinup time 193 190 3341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1494 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1475 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1279 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 36 (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 1	107% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 173 Mixed 173 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 3.85 4K Mixed 0.39 153% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 16GB free Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 1114116 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 115 115 25792086345 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 39425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4867 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11285 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 223339085860 (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	31.3% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 54 Mixed 52.4 41% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.06 14% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 51%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3.5TB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 162 Write 110 Mixed 47.2 120% 106 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 6.09 4K Mixed 0.58 268% 5.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 70%
Maxtor OneTouch 500GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 214GB free, PID 7310 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 40.6 Write 41.2 Mixed 28.8 46% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.36 62% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 79%

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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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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