Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.1% 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)
Boot Drive	90.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 16:50
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 209 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 647 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 66.4 Parallax 65 49% 63.8 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 58.8 Splatting 53.8 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 131GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4498 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 835 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 49 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6453006911	113% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 403 Mixed 419 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 47 178% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 128 143% 245 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5927 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1137 (B1) Unknown 89 89 229 (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 59 47 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 188 (F1) Unknown 99 99 88513805351	90.6% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 401 Mixed 417 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 27.1 146% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.5 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 25.1 32% 55 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 742GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 187 187 21488206026 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2809 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 476 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4299 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 219044970534 (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	88.4% Excellent	Read 158 Write 150 Mixed 152 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.23 112% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 577GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 98 55545696 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7729 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 40 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8248909 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6848 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1392 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 112 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 605749283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25655 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 94489280547 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 99368363361596 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10534316945 (F2) Unknown 100 253 133526841852	84.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 142 Mixed 139 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 114%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 32GB-$20 701 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 15GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 98.5 Write 36.5 Mixed 26.7 56% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.57 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.07 36% 2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 1x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.4% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 45%

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

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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