Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	56.6% 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	70.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 11:02
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 95 1-Core 22.6 2-Core 56.9 43% 58.2 Pts	4-Core 97.5 8-Core 336 23% 217 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 56.3% 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 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.6% Above average	Lighting 56.5 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 102 46% 79.8 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 100 Splatting 89.8 77% 94.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST1000DX001-1NS162 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3118 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 292 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7051976349	70.9% Very good	Read 495 Write 482 Mixed 502 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 27.4 4K Mixed 15.4 67% 21.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 38.6 DQ Mixed 32.5 25% 32.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 812GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56031040 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 85923417 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19616 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 68719476766 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90413356553450 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23491480273 (F2) Unknown 100 253 197055576311	81.8% Excellent	Read 119 Write 165 Mixed 149 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.69 210% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 178GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16896200 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 758 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12012699 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 591 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454164507 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2713 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 64424509467 (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 76867029697090 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26161552222 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12200470921	70.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 105 Mixed 126 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.14 59% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.27 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,228x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
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	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16