Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	129% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 14:37
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 468 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB CLim: 1566 MHz, MLim: 1950 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 49.2 Parallax 44 42% 48.3 fps	MRender 44.6 Gravity 45.1 Splatting 39.5 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 699 Write 536 Mixed 571 134% 602 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 44.2 172% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 456 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 150 168% 291 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 182GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 98 127665140 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 73630233342 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4880 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 264 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 7 7 93 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 22 127665140 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	33.3% Below average	Read 60.8 Write 54.9 Mixed 70.3 47% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.42 99% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.9 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 63%

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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	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16