Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.3% 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	65.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 08:34
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 76.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 254 34% 254 Pts	64-Core 255 16% 255 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.5.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Lighting 46 Reflection 48.7 Parallax 59 38% 51.2 fps	MRender 50.6 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 36.4 34% 42.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 113 100 113 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 32 (A9) Unknown 100 100 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 26 (AE) Unknown 100 100 109 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 219043332130 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 12 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3126 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2635 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3633	65.5% Good	Read 469 Write 200 Mixed 285 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 3.52 98% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 23.5 60% 127 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 453GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 328 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1208 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 146864997 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2771 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1114 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 37 9027649562 (C2) HDA temperature 26 63 81604378650 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 33 328 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 109762184219368 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3741663262 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3185994690	57.6% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 106 Mixed 98.2 75% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.57 99% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-442.A00LF 2x4GB 1,854 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 20.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 19.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 63%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $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	136x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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