Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	37.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 21:26
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 436 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Nvidia(10DE 1D01) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 18.4 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 17.4 15% 16.6 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 17.4 Splatting 19 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 86 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 529 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 487 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 43369 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 182 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 60 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 5158 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 43369 (F2) Unknown 100 100 66864	37.4% Below average	Read 256 Write 166 Mixed 200 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 10.5 51% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 16.7 DQ Write 64.8 DQ Mixed 10.7 17% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 55551864 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1055 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 502940 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 156 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 2044435628547 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 588644387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6142 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 51539607587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 6254 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22432614186408 (F1) Unknown 100 253 740536885 (F2) Unknown 100 253 435965386	102% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 175 Mixed 168 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 388GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154469304 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 102 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 555113 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2597 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 60129542178 (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 -117793773059596 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7310222843 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7605118833	61.1% Good	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 95 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.13 63% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 96%
WD My Passport 25E4 2TB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2TB free, PID 25e4 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 34.4 Mixed 35 45% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 2x4GB 8,083 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 9.5 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.3 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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