Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '18 at 06:20
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 720 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 163 Parallax 139 122% 150 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 145 Splatting 118 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14788 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2259 (B1) Unknown 96 96 47 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 43 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 549 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29308860735	94.2% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 338 Mixed 356 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 25.9 137% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 80.7 120% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 118%
Seagate M3 2TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 711GB free Firmware: 0707 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 101 Write 64.5 Mixed 60.4 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 67%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 638GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 158 158 17195008247 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 615 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 871 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 325 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 657 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 657 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 219044380705 (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	86.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 144 Mixed 157 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba HDWD120 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 75GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^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 97 97 3631 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14874 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2228 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3268 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 32 (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 200 180 34 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76% Very good	Read 119 Write 146 Mixed 99.5 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.24 95% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 96%

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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	1,217x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
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 $109Bench 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	96x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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