Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.4% 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	40.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 18:24
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$52 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 207 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 425 51% 393 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.9.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 68 Reflection 37.7 Parallax 85.2 55% 63.6 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 56.5 Splatting 80.4 55% 65.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 120GB 388 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 448 Write 102 Mixed 123 48% 225 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 11.6 54% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17.6 DQ Write 14.7 DQ Mixed 8.82 9% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 251GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5756 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 67 45 10040 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8828 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18086 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7708 (B5) Unknown 97 97 71608552 (BF) G-sense error rate 27 27 737475 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 244814118942 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 13 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 72 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 22924 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 10 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 95782	55.3% Above average	Read 86.9 Write 106 Mixed 104 75% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.29 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 24.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 78%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,241x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	648x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	404x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	489x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	201x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	139x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	99x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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