Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 13:15
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 426 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.7% Above average	Lighting 72.4 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 60.3 59% 67.8 fps	MRender 63.1 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 66.2 52% 63.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1587 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 223 (A5) Unknown 100 100 794616136353 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 30 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 46 231928234017 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 962083356896 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2712 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6304 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3959 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3725 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.2% Good	Read 516 Write 204 Mixed 221 68% 314 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 0.04 90% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 6.81 51% 109 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 397GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1963 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1349 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1883 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 23 (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	82.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 134 Mixed 132 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.3 108% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 109%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1.5TB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.8% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 39.2 Mixed 35.3 49% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.28 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 22%
SAMSUNG HM160HI 160GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 96GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 35.5 Mixed 21.2 39% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.36 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 18%
ST500LM0 12 HN-M500MB 500GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 80GB free, PID 0408 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 45.1 Write 45.9 Mixed 43.2 58% 44.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.34 63% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 67%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	1,224x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	636x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	483x
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 $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	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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16