Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.9% 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	26GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 26GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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	22.8 GB free of 26 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '17 at 22:32
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 119 2-Core 221 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 600 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 118 Parallax 102 97% 113 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 103 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM01D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3361 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 176 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9152 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5625080733 (F2) Unknown 99 99 12948348994	82.9% Excellent	Read 496 Write 317 Mixed 376 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 24.7 138% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 20.4 30% 52.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 825GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 123 123 17199989045 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7203 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1087 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7495 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7495 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 206159413286 (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	73.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 135 Mixed 131 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.41 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 751GB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112942872 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3366 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 13672597928 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3361 (B7) Unknown 86 86 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885295125 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 639762470 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 565 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14670 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 51539607590 (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 54374285981608 (F1) Unknown 100 253 100058229202629 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -109491179981922	107% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 161 Mixed 118 122% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 84% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 3,226 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.95% Terrible	Read 16 Write 6.8 Mixed 4.86 10% 9.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.79 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.009 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.95% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0118 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1311 M2X2G64CB88G7N-DG 26GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%

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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	635x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

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 $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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16