Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.5% 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	75.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 06:32
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 662 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 96.1 86% 104 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 96.8 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1561 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 181 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 46 231929348129 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 42993880766 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1036968417 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1668651256	75.9% Very good	Read 499 Write 320 Mixed 390 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 21 83% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 47.8 94% 185 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 97%
WD WD7500AAVS-00D7B0 750GB 1,285 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 443GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 158 6950 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11117 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3346 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11116 (C2) HDA temperature 121 89 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.2% Below average	Read 71.9 Write 64.2 Mixed 70.3 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 50%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 163GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 140 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3415 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3127 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1622 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1792 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 45 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.1% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 88.8 Mixed 104 74% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 522GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 73 Write 79.2 Mixed 56.9 89% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL7-4GBRH 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBXH 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBRH 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBXH 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 53%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	399x

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 $269	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 $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