Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.1% 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	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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 21:50
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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-$55 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 440 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$120 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1411 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 71.8 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 86.8 58% 76.7 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 60 54% 67.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Inte SSDSC2CT120A3 120GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 10GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -100905960742973 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3213 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 456 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 443092 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 443092 (F2) Unknown 100 100 969448 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15764	45.9% Average	Read 479 Write 92.9 Mixed 146 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 14.3 4K Mixed 10.9 62% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 93.9 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 22.5 28% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 75%
WD WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 415 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 177 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1176 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 773 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 60935 (C2) HDA temperature 122 106 28 (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	64.5% Good	Read 108 Write 116 Mixed 106 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.29 112% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 85%
WD WD5000AAKS-00D2B 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 239 187 1041 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5696 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4678 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5695 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 37 (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	50.6% Above average	Read 97 Write 79.1 Mixed 79.7 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 60%
Innostor IS888 USB bridge 1TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 81GB free, PID 0888 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 99.1 Write 6.21 Mixed 10.7 31% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.18 4K Mixed 0.11 11% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBXL 0420 F3-10666CL9-2GBRL 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBXL 0420 F3-10666CL9-2GBRL 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

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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	1,231x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16