Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% 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	34.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 09:43
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 458 61% 458 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% PowerColor(148C 2358) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.4.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 67.1 Reflection 60.8 Parallax 81.6 55% 69.9 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 54.6 Splatting 77.7 54% 64.1 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 422GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 199 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 69 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 75 64 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 229454783	91.4% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 402 Mixed 418 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 31.8 107% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 126 144% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 134%
Adata S510 120GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.3.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 6861491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 12 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -21741124433982 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3655 (AB) Unknown 0 0 4 (AC) Unknown 0 0 8 (AE) Unknown 0 0 45 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 4 (B6) Unknown 0 0 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 21 61 47248637973 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6861491 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 12 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6861491 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6861491 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25703 (EA) Unknown 0 0 26684 (F1) Unknown 0 0 26684 (F2) Unknown 0 0 24851	34.1% Below average	Read 187 Write 92.4 Mixed 103 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 61.6 4K Mixed 6.62 66% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 97.5 DQ Mixed 7.41 20% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 79%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 180GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 175 168 6216 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7131 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18220 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3659 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 547288 (C2) HDA temperature 130 84 20 (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 1	48.7% Average	Read 84.8 Write 84.7 Mixed 91 66% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 23.4 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 71%

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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	1,227x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	636x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16