Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 23:52
Run Duration	420 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 220 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 524 57% 453 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 58.5 36% 44.5 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 38.3 30% 35.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SB3Q-128G-1006 128GB 2,148 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 62GB free Firmware: X2180006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 252 252 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 668 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 335 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 240526032897 (AE) Unknown 252 252 82 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 92 109 (BE) vendor-specific 72 30 28 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.8% Excellent	Read 387 Write 289 Mixed 291 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 26.2 128% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 53.8 104% 208 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 95%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 162 4558 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2105 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1114 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 335 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 40232 (C2) HDA temperature 123 108 24 (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
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 368GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 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 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6170 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 4991 (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 92 92 39711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2629 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 8 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 63 336789523 (C2) HDA temperature 80 62 336789524 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3759974 (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 100 100 794 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0
Poor: 27% Great: 59%
Hitachi HTS545050B9SA00 500GB 1,492 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: PB4OC64G Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 142 142 103079215106 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3344 (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 30 30 30833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2938 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1090589 (C2) HDA temperature 220 220 197568823321 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 448 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	44.4% Average	Read 78.4 Write 76.5 Mixed 70.5 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 46%
Seagate ST3300831AS 300GB 1,245 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 29GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 56 51 42731365 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 193584857 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33984 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6331 (C2) HDA temperature 33 65 8589934625 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 50 42731365 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0
Poor: 16% Great: 37%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 64GB 426 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 55GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	9.85% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 4.38 Mixed 6.63 11% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.59 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 1.2 109% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.85% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1317 OCZ3G1333LV4G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 14GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1400, 1400, 1400, 1400 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	37.1% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 9.9 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 51%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	26x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	11x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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