Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	141% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 21:31
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 650 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 62.8 55% 66.9 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 56.4 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 739 Write 548 Mixed 560 137% 616 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.2 197% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 581 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 177 204% 358 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59678448 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10590 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 55 124577676032 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8320 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 94490722340 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 4833411104 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 664 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49366 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -87956635251715 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -37725515295333 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -30130158569764	82.4% Excellent	Read 189 Write 98.7 Mixed 145 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 925GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896829622 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6555 (C0) Power-off retract count 90 90 12150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 12170 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 193274773535 (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	90.1% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 159 Mixed 138 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 08G-D3-2133-MR 2x4GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 76%

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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	1,219x
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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16