Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 20:00
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 95.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 250 33% 250 Pts	64-Core 249 15% 249 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1696 MHz, MLim: 2065 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 73 67% 78.8 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 64.9 61% 75.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6698942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 121427315404280 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3174 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 899 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 59 55838441500 (C2) HDA temperature 28 59 55838441500 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6698942 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6698942 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6698942 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24688 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23835 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23835 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25960	40.8% Average	Read 160 Write 94 Mixed 107 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 10.5 92% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 91.1 DQ Mixed 25.5 29% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135373112 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 406 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46047627 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 589168675 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1293 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 73014444067 (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 -44113609096200 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11312455701 (F2) Unknown 100 253 143101222419	101% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 160 Mixed 148 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.9 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 24.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 80%

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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