Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	42.5% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 21:57
Run Duration	97 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 126 2-Core 235 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 496 66% 493 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6286 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 233 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1273 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 776 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1006 (F1) Unknown 100 100 104204365 (F2) Unknown 100 100 190568801	42.5% Average	Read 450 Write 210 Mixed 258 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 5.83 37% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 9.26 DQ Mixed 5.92 8% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 48%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 189GB free Firmware: AX001A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1003 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5788 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 3723 (0A) Spinup retry count 215 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3761 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 75 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 297 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 71508 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864314904 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 97 97 1340 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 272 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	44.6% Average	Read 75.8 Write 79.6 Mixed 79.9 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/8GX KHX1600C10D3/8GX 16GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.5 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

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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	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16