Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 22:25
Run Duration	365 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 185 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 347 46% 342 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1611 MHz, MLim: 1765 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 121 93% 119 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 106 Splatting 97.3 83% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 180GB free Firmware: RG21 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 4347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (AA) Unknown 98 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 100 60132687906 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 238177 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 98 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 238177 (F2) Unknown 100 100 236317 (F9) Unknown 100 100 28441	83.5% Excellent	Read 511 Write 252 Mixed 305 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 24.7 122% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 61 98% 190 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 95%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3712 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 623 (AA) Unknown 85 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 100 42952818725 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 340733 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 85 100 0 (E9) Unknown 77 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 340733 (F2) Unknown 100 100 443729 (F9) Unknown 100 100 44792	66.6% Good	Read 438 Write 184 Mixed 243 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 22.3 101% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 49.6 70% 127 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 119 Write 106 Mixed 67.7 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 4.33 4K Mixed 0.57 196% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 87%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6106 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3451 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6046 (C2) HDA temperature 116 112 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.3% Very good	Read 130 Write 115 Mixed 117 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.24 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 86%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 29.4 94% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.37 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.09 40% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 91.3 Write 94.4 Mixed 80 114% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 42%
SanDisk Ultra USB 2.0 32GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 29GB free, PID 556c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 21.6 Write 6.12 Mixed 8.96 13% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.61 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 1 108% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 20.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%

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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	1,220x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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 $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