Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 07:52
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 415 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 79 Parallax 70.5 67% 77.2 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 62.2 56% 69.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5181 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1039 (B1) Unknown 97 97 52 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23897749643	100% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 390 Mixed 411 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 44.3 153% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 101 106% 170 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 64 10003094 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15191672 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15260018803476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 158 (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 72 56 504430620 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 385 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 25769803804 (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 -89820651060475 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8659496321 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5739420127	85.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 151 Mixed 147 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 105%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 696GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 8266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 426 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 170306 (C2) HDA temperature 118 108 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.2% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 99.3 Mixed 83.7 67% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.17 65% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 649GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171212256 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2513 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 58 47252811581 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 770 (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 67 57 571605025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5026 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 34359738401 (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 120246199388550 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7726339333 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25958730070	82.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 128 Mixed 140 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.18 62% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 19.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 63%

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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	1,217x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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