Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.9% 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	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). 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	15.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 16:29
Run Duration	341 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 209 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 396 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.9% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 38.5 37% 42.5 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 35 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10200278 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 30348238918238 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 180 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 47 77312491555 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 77312491555 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10200278 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10200278 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10200278 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6116 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8052 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8052 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6211 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4980805	69.8% Good	Read 464 Write 188 Mixed 250 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 17.9 112% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 54.5 72% 128 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 52803829 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 78 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2055030 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 37684043055861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 589299746 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 491 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 68719476770 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 19022410154685 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1176701608 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1909880398	103% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 183 Mixed 145 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.29 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 90 47180800 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2060 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 120 (07) Seek error rate 56 56 124567604240 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 42776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1059 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 590 (BC) Unknown 100 93 53 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 33 41537285062694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 609 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2175 (C2) HDA temperature 38 67 73014444070 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 424 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 98 98 424 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 31211527376924 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20208696088 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49613643365	89.6% Excellent	Read 171 Write 142 Mixed 131 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.34 102% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 114%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 176 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 82 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 608 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 801 (C2) HDA temperature 115 114 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 175 149 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 150 Mixed 137 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.23 101% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 177 3866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 124 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 760 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 941 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 172 277 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 140 Mixed 144 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.25 108% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 86%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$81 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 269GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 180 4958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 643 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 608 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 318 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12267 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.5% Good	Read 110 Write 121 Mixed 108 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 88%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 65GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 2228231 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 239 239 21493514476 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 631 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 20 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 600 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10242 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 253404315687 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3	48.7% Average	Read 105 Write 64.7 Mixed 69 60% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 19GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 45429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1536 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 268 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 36 606339108 (C2) HDA temperature 64 33 26586470613028 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 35250 (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 100 100 2673 (C8) Write error rate 99 61 1156 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	35.3% Below average	Read 43 Write 79.7 Mixed 95.5 56% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.43 94% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMX8GX3M4A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMX8GX3M4A1600C9 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 15.3 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 50%

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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	1,224x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	483x
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	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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