Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	54.2% 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	148% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 18:53
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (90^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 416 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (69 fps cap detected)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 68.3 56% 68.6 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 58 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 1,438 Write 399 Mixed 684 183% 840 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 40.8 182% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 140 137% 223 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 213%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 285GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21494038821 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3292 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1153 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6185 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 167504838687 (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 200 200 0	71.7% Very good	Read 109 Write 141 Mixed 119 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 108%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 475GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8843 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1019 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2146 (0A) Spinup retry count 120 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 880 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2653 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389806113 (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 200 253 8 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 991 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 210 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	61.3% Good	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.33 111% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 19.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 90%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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