Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.3% 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 (60%). 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	13.3 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 06:06
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 75.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 236 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 452 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.3% 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: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.5% Very good	Lighting 87.8 Reflection 95.8 Parallax 80.2 72% 88 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 84.4 Splatting 88.5 71% 86.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 79422535240279 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2836 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 179 (B7) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 53 64427982884 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 179 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 745968 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 745968 (F2) Unknown 100 100 732974 (F9) Unknown 100 100 60889	73.3% Very good	Read 414 Write 228 Mixed 230 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 17.9 114% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 50.3 83% 162 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.3% 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 below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 186715163 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4871690114 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 292 (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 60 54 672792616 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 957 (C2) HDA temperature 40 46 85899345960 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 15 186715163 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67.7% Good	Read 121 Write 115 Mixed 112 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.49 102% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 148GB 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 113 99 53488176 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3969 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16143199 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5157 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2394 (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 66 57 588840994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17478 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 55834574882 (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 124429497535511 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14611643094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38714806549	61.2% Good	Read 104 Write 110 Mixed 79 73% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.13 49% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 79GB 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 78426326 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6091 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6159075 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2373 (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 64 46 605618212 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 64424509476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 21 78426326 (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 -137615047120378 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12547684 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3106656874
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	21.9% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 7.07 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 31%

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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	1,218x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
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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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 $179	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