Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 16:01
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 429 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1761 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 69 Parallax 62 55% 66 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 55.5 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 256GB 217 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1126F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 100 100 411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1141 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 62 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 59494 (A5) Unknown 100 100 118 (A6) Unknown 100 100 16 (A7) Unknown 100 100 57 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 91 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14544 (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 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 239937 (F2) Unknown 100 100 247322 (F5) Unknown 100 100 475952	98.1% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 419 Mixed 458 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 36.4 130% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 73.2 109% 203 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 9GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1007 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 485 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 644612405	114% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 47.3 178% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 118 141% 249 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C7 2x4GB 2,435 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.4 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	634x
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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16