Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Boot Drive	100% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '15 at 09:23
Run Duration	439 Seconds
Run User	AZE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 91.8 2-Core 182 62% 137 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 349 48% 354 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 45% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ts512gms A370 512GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: N111 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 75 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 1019 (F2) Unknown 100 100 359 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1200	100% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 429 Mixed 468 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 32.7 140% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 68.8 103% 192 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 309GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 152 4708 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2035 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1826 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 453 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 124 124 230739 (C2) HDA temperature 118 91 29 (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	39.3% Below average	Read 66 Write 70.6 Mixed 71 52% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.28 89% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 49%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 147GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 8385 (03) Spinup time 130 125 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6544 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1048 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 124 124 230202 (C2) HDA temperature 117 89 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 196 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 196 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 197 0	45.7% Average	Read 73.5 Write 85.6 Mixed 67.3 57% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 59%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 41GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 168 3675 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4719 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14860 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 676 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 170769 (C2) HDA temperature 120 91 30 (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 88	43.9% Average	Read 97.4 Write 55.4 Mixed 71.1 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 35GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165899512 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1027 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 49 201881436399 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 917519 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 43 103601209374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27733 (C2) HDA temperature 30 57 68719476766 (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 -44139378896084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13126218278 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20420801059	83.3% Excellent	Read 174 Write 117 Mixed 133 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 803GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 37.7 Mixed 25.2 42% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 42%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 8GB 12,066 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	5.6% Terrible	Read 25.3 Write 3.23 Mixed 5.51 10% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.17 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.006 20% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.6% Great: 8%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
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	198x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)