Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.6% 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	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 16:19
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 407 52% 395 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.6% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 28.1 24% 30.9 fps	MRender 42.9 Gravity 30 Splatting 39.1 31% 37.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6212 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1138 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 312 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 53 201864118304 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 33927190588 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1072200491 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1555907591	73.6% Very good	Read 509 Write 186 Mixed 270 70% 322 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 28 101% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 49 88% 177 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 445GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 140059680 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10945493 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (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 72 67 487522332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6597 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 25769803804 (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 -131151121349618 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15574002759 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16952731601	92.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 148 Mixed 145 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 154GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218696736 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1454 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87895791 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1141 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 537985055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87728 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 38654705695 (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 -83867826383208 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61346976756 (F2) Unknown 100 253 754581396973	63.2% Good	Read 109 Write 111 Mixed 138 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 112%
WD 10EAVS External 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 558GB free, PID 0910 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	20.8% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 39.7 Mixed 12.9 37% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 22.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 81%

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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	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
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 $90Bench 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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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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16