Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.1% 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	68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 16:21
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 98 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 433 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 61.2 54% 65.5 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 53.6 51% 63.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 876 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 185 (64) Unknown 100 100 826816 (65) Unknown 100 100 136480 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 142 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 246 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1391 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 180389609499 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1422 (EA) Unknown 100 100 525 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1202 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1234 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2	68.5% Good	Read 474 Write 257 Mixed 126 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 12.5 84% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 30.6 73% 156 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 438GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66107810 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 140124077 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3131 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 55835426829 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 505217053 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 38654705693 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 31 66107810 (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 -48069273961904 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3490093687 (F2) Unknown 100 253 654911588	66.2% Good	Read 117 Write 114 Mixed 112 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.62 134% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 28.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 45.9 87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

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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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	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