Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.5% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 19:18
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 516 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 103 Parallax 90.8 76% 95.6 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 99.3 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 73263552137712 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2789 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 177 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 53 64427982882 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 177 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 708994 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 50 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 708994 (F2) Unknown 100 100 719325 (F9) Unknown 100 100 57988	76.5% Very good	Read 458 Write 219 Mixed 297 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 20.8 116% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 55.7 92% 178 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 91%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: G009 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 212355264 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 250 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4870880160 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32448 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 656736295 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 871 (C2) HDA temperature 39 46 85899345959 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 15 212355264 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	76.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 132 Mixed 121 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.66 143% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 155GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 14293304 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3923 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14275698 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2347 (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 67 57 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17426 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 55834574881 (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 74895639710523 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14401504967 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37757016840	61.1% Good	Read 113 Write 99.9 Mixed 116 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60209856 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5998 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5697836 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2326 (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 46 589430819 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 64424509475 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 21 60209856 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 188978571424 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4060670125 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2715288951
Poor: 28% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CM3X2G1600C9DHX 0215 CM3X2G1600C9DHX 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.7% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 8.2 24% 8.33 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 8.2 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 31%

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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	1,222x
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	482x
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 $74Bench 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 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16