Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	17.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 14:42
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 588 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 88.6 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 85.3 72% 81.4 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 57.3 52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 8GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 193 100 705 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 50 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1121 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1173 (A9) Unknown 100 100 21 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1148 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 100 249108103211 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 38 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 271097 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1073 (F2) Unknown 253 253 948	81.6% Excellent	Read 505 Write 425 Mixed 292 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 5.24 108% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 30.6 49% 96 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 86%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -123291331187439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 45 103082164260 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 472876 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 27 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 40 40 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 472876 (F2) Unknown 100 100 178318 (F9) Unknown 100 100 181930	58.1% Above average	Read 418 Write 117 Mixed 161 50% 232 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 17.8 100% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 75.3 DQ Mixed 26.3 41% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 79%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 115 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 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	82.8% Excellent	Read 137 Write 151 Mixed 101 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.3 116% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 174GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 178 5725 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2016 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1133541 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 34 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 100 Write 107 Mixed 63.7 67% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 84%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 52GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 138 5933 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10102 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 72869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10099 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 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	28.8% Poor	Read 56.4 Write 43.6 Mixed 42.2 36% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 49%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 71GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 25 Write 24.3 Mixed 23 31% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.26 64% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-050.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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