Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	94.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 18:09
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	97%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 65.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 78% 144 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 489 65% 488 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 116GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,809 Write 1,209 Mixed 1,269 316% 1,429 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.7 176% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 455 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 177 184% 306 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 236%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^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 100 100 956 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2668 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 166 (AE) Unknown 100 100 187 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2558 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 56 188979544094 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20599320454 (F7) Unknown 100 100 26997494 (F8) Unknown 100 100 295136900	94.4% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 383 Mixed 408 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 31.2 122% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 65.1 114% 226 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 598GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213910160 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 96495116 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3254 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 40 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 871 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13332 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 60129542175 (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 81557133987236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15988037063 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34665632799	90.7% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 149 Mixed 119 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 4.52 4K Mixed 0.57 178% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.5% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.3 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 85%

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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