Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.1% 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)
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 09:26
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 699 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 63.4 57% 67.6 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 54.4 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 39GB free Firmware: 502A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6508953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -111531710719654 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 12093 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 866 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 79 1005027524635 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6508953 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6508953 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6508953 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 78 78 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 89436 (EA) Unknown 0 0 84607 (F1) Unknown 0 0 84607 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23654	46.3% Average	Read 198 Write 84.1 Mixed 125 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 4.66 103% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 34.5 48% 88 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15054 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3288 (B1) Unknown 96 1 229 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 75 (F1) Unknown 99 99 59529120766
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 245 100 6741 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4564 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4446 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 100 4411 (C2) HDA temperature 104 103 48 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	110% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 206 Mixed 145 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 2.23 4K Write 2.78 4K Mixed 0.39 188% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 476GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 146631408 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13410 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 52 51 3350222013466 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17622 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9960 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1769499 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 4867162144 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 450 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 8 8 185128 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -39140036956376 (F1) Unknown 100 253 69051433168 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139737718144	94.4% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 145 Mixed 159 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.25 67% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 25.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 44.8 89% 44.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 119%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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) $35	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