Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.3% 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	115% 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	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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '15 at 20:07
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 219 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 430 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.3% Average	Lighting 53 Reflection 55.7 Parallax 77.4 43% 62 fps	MRender 52.1 Gravity 52.9 Splatting 70.9 49% 58.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2 (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 62 62 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49773038	115% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 402 Mixed 420 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 49.3 182% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 116 144% 255 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 88GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162907416 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 735 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16187567 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7629 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 538312735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20443 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 81604378655 (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 -54056458382853 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19818092963 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30193682130	90.6% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 140 Mixed 124 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 113%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 14GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 4466 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5839 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1626 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 673 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5165 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 36 (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	61.6% Good	Read 99.9 Write 115 Mixed 96.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.29 83% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 76%
Patriot Memory 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 12GB free, PID 1e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	7.57% Terrible	Read 23.1 Write 9.52 Mixed 10.6 16% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 9.01 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.009 34% 3.01 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.57% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866G 2OZ 4x4GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 22.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%

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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	1,217x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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