Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	70.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 22:59
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 212 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 571 61% 484 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1814 MHz, MLim: 1955 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - GPU benchmark error
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4494 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (64) Unknown 100 100 4891072 (65) Unknown 100 100 545984 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 741 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2505 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 193274576925 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3382 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3382 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8829 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2704 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5504 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7913 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3382	70.7% Very good	Read 471 Write 255 Mixed 133 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 12.9 94% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 23.9 66% 146 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 92%
Ssd2sc12 0GC2DF08T2-T 120GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 52GB free Firmware: 507A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3021546 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 125292785959619 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1129 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 121 (B1) Unknown 0 0 28 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 64427261979 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3021546 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3021546 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3021546 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31385 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7974 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7974 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6937	61.1% Good	Read 269 Write 111 Mixed 154 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 17.6 133% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 31.6 48% 91.3 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 58%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 36GB free Firmware: MU01 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6131 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 702 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 50 214749347869 (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 100 100 173 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 7965575722 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1336117399 (F8) Unknown 100 100 801056002	99.3% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 328 Mixed 373 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 33.2 163% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 47.6 87% 167 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 732GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 26085 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 70 8809 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10627 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24548 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2186 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749347871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 756 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11050	72.8% Very good	Read 123 Write 131 Mixed 109 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 19,207 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.3 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $295	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