Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.3% 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	9.3 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150919
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 22:05
Run Duration	414 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 98 2-Core 151 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 218 28% 214 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 60.2% 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: 1025 MHz, MLim: 1285 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.3% Below average	Lighting 42.1 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 52.8 34% 42.1 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 40.7 32% 38 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SB3Q-128G-1006 128GB 2,148 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 88GB free Firmware: X2180006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th 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 96 96 2116 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 1036 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 730162528257 (AE) Unknown 252 252 314 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 199 (BE) vendor-specific 75 30 25 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 387 Write 306 Mixed 313 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 25.6 135% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 52.2 95% 189 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 95%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 387GB 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 172 162 4375 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3437 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1769 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 541 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 59560 (C2) HDA temperature 126 108 21 (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% 352GB 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 6350 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6148 (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 41152 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3283 (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 84 63 269090832 (C2) HDA temperature 82 62 302645266 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 72110 (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% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: PB4OC64G Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^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 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4999 (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 27 27 32270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 296 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1103755 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 197568823318 (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	37.8% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 65.3 Mixed 61.4 48% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.31 75% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 46%
Seagate ST3250310CS 250GB-$33 3,279 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 208GB free Firmware: 3.ACD 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 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3717 (05) Reallocated sector count 81 81 795 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 310924451 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25628 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3195 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 953 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 51 487653402 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 42949672986 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 78 59 139224641 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 81 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 81 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	53.9% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 101 Mixed 86.7 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.29 81% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 55%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 64GB 426 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 56GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 4.71 Mixed 6.91 11% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.56 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.95 107% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1317 OCZ3G1333LV4G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 14GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.7% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 16.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 51%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	26x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	10x
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 $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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