Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '18 at 15:53
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 377 50% 377 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372D) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29% Poor	Lighting 36.3 Reflection 27 Parallax 32.8 30% 32 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 33.3 Splatting 32.7 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7346 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2021 (B1) Unknown 94 94 124 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 47 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 20 (EB) Unknown 99 99 329 (F1) Unknown 99 99 58829218523	108% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 411 Mixed 419 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 45.6 161% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 109 127% 221 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 351GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 168 2175 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3562 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14179 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1709 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 424 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3137 (C2) HDA temperature 108 93 35 (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 200 200 200 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.8% Very good	Read 159 Write 108 Mixed 108 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 380GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 98917157 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2604 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 28891963 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1064 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 622460961 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2614 (C2) HDA temperature 33 21 90194313249 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 98917157 (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 -74358768791352 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7514198066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17870433145	83.3% Excellent	Read 140 Write 150 Mixed 124 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.29 93% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 320GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 151842792 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 21 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 264482 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 706412579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 107374182435 (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 -41656887803894 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3372742990 (F2) Unknown 100 253 826815536	54.2% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 93 Mixed 89 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 114%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 264GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 85.2 Write 114 Mixed 37.8 100% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.78 4K Mixed 0.27 142% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Xtreem-LV-2400 1x4GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 12.6 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 11.5 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 45%

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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	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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 $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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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