Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	43% 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	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '17 at 19:44
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 263 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 452 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.11.4 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43% Average	Lighting 51.6 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 71.8 42% 62.3 fps	MRender 63.5 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 52 45% 55.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 164GB free Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^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 100 100 337 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 526 (94) Unknown 100 100 10060 (95) Unknown 100 100 158 (96) Unknown 100 100 39 (97) Unknown 100 100 140 (A4) Unknown 100 100 6443 (A5) Unknown 100 100 10 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45256811348003 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 29842 (F2) Unknown 100 100 122555 (F5) Unknown 100 100 76107 (F6) Unknown 100 100 40240 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	78.1% Very good	Read 490 Write 253 Mixed 265 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 24.9 110% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 44.1 82% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 95%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 32974 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1779 (B1) Unknown 77 77 840 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 466 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46082453644	49.3% Average	Read 474 Write 104 Mixed 104 49% 227 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 11.9 59% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 20.8 DQ Mixed 25.8 50% 108 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 76%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 194 194 38671942011 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 43 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1185 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 210454577197 (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	84.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 145 Mixed 137 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.23 103% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 89%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 195 195 38674891083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 38 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1258 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 231929413679 (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	74.9% Very good	Read 121 Write 140 Mixed 136 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.21 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 63%

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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 $182	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) $30	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