Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.3% 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	146% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '16 at 00:14
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 213 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 478 53% 418 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Lighting 72.8 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 63.2 59% 68.7 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 60 53% 66 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 480GB-$300 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 394GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 27796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 6019 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (64) Unknown 100 100 5587840 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 42 (B2) Unknown 100 100 29 (B4) Unknown 100 100 19022 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 309238693926 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 27796 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 7945 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 27796 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4182 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3629 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3288 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 28793	146% Outstanding	Read 1,160 Write 970 Mixed 936 228% 1,022 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 19 129% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.6 DQ Write 96.8 DQ Mixed 18.4 28% 51.6 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 181%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156533704 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5290 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17291361 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 38 5249072234523 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 278 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 78219 (C2) HDA temperature 27 62 38654705691 (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 77223511988416 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15163379574 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23880238268	112% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 194 Mixed 170 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.42 110% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 818GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84348240 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 60 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 658533 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 823853091 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 204 (C2) HDA temperature 35 49 94489280547 (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 33487860006943 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2659746500 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22374878452	94.3% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 162 Mixed 156 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 628GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 107 Write 101 Mixed 85.6 123% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 44%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 367GB free, PID 1057 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 62.2 Write 61.3 Mixed 60.4 79% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.3 44% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 24.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 71%

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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	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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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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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16