Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37% 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	97.2% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 22:07
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 80 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 170 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 289 41% 300 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 49.3 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 39.4 40% 44.3 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gloway WAR PRO T300 120G 120GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: W1DB07 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 10 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1200 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 807 (A0) Unknown 100 100 539 (A1) Unknown 100 100 82 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 64070 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11 (B2) Unknown 100 100 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 32 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 27 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (E8) Unknown 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 179978 (F2) Unknown 100 100 210395 (F5) Unknown 100 100 128140	97.2% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 365 Mixed 418 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 37.2 139% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 83.8 113% 204 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 97%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 378GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 4450 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3702 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2163 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 316 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 165847 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	60.8% Good	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 99.4 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.28 108% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.9 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 60%

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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	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	634x
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	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16