Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 435 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 99.2 90% 109 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 184GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4404984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -82858509074410 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 16 36 47246999568 (C2) HDA temperature 16 36 47246999568 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4404984 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4404984 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4404984 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 75 75 12884901889 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963425 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2 (F4) Unknown 97 97 7340144	71.9% Very good	Read 508 Write 188 Mixed 264 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 18.7 109% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 47 74% 139 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 84%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 11455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2709 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 340 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 1 1 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 181 (C2) HDA temperature 84 44 240518365200 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	106% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 469 Mixed 488 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 42.8 135% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 200 182% 280 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 102%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 140GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 8257542 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 100 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3214 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3812 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3812 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 201863725075 (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 200 200 0	47.7% Average	Read 88.5 Write 77.6 Mixed 45.9 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.1% Below average	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 79%

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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	1,227x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
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 $76Bench 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 $290	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 $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16