Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.7% 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	57.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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	4.4 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	Feb 26 '18 at 09:42
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 360 48% 361 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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: 1543 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 63.4 56% 67.5 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 55.2 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 58356130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -109444356623947 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1180 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 323 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 39 55837130785 (C2) HDA temperature 33 39 55837130785 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 58356130 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 58356130 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 58356130 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20475 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12211 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12211 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21901 (F4) Unknown 95 95 11534512	57.3% Above average	Read 421 Write 102 Mixed 130 47% 218 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 12.5 108% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 40.4 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 10.7 27% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 225GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 119973539 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3994 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 56 4935373067483 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2531 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 44 44 56 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163922 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 538312736 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 38 119973539 (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 -4922032488191 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4015789190 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3901954679	51.3% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 84.4 Mixed 82.1 65% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.3% 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)	39.2% Below average	Read 91.5 Write 92.4 Mixed 66.8 106% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.2% 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 64%

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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	1,217x
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