Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.2% 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	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '16 at 21:07
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 294 43% 315 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Lighting 31.9 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 35.7 26% 32.1 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 32.2 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7398453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -68779606262423 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 622 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 106 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 41 77312098335 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 77312098335 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7398453 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7398453 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7398453 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 25197 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14389 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14389 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12397	66.6% Good	Read 440 Write 196 Mixed 233 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 19.4 104% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 54.9 66% 114 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 779GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 73 73 9030 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5618 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 98 96 98 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 355 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2871 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 38 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 572653602 (C2) HDA temperature 66 58 572653602 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 142131 (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 100 100 849 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	50% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 84.4 Mixed 85.7 65% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.42 103% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.8% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 38%

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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	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	399x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $90Bench 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	97x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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