Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	40.3% 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	38% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 12:38
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 93.9 2-Core 187 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 185 25% 185 Pts	64-Core 183 11% 183 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.3% Average	Lighting 36 Reflection 87.5 Parallax 79.4 29% 67.6 fps	MRender 83.1 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 67.9 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 41019619 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -108662672576030 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3249 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 935 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 59 51543474205 (C2) HDA temperature 29 59 51543474205 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 41019619 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 41019619 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 41019619 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25956 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24986 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24986 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26637	38% Below average	Read 159 Write 89 Mixed 102 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 10.8 83% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 88.7 DQ Mixed 7.08 19% 39.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225742232 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1076 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47419945 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 589234211 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4107 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 73014444067 (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 -125425929943849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12382788854 (F2) Unknown 100 253 148815611926	98.8% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 146 Mixed 161 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	69% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 23 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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