Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.5% 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	58.9% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 15:20
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 263 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 666 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB; Palit Super JetStream CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 123 Parallax 103 99% 116 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 108 Splatting 108 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Goodram C50 120GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 93 181 74 91 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 454 Write 222 Mixed 235 SusWrite 97.3 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 12.3 105% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 11.8 36% 77.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 71%
Goodram C100 120GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 37GB free Firmware: S8FM07.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 331 252 19 44 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 507 Write 332 Mixed 235 SusWrite 179 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 23.3 124% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 67.1 80% 135 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 79%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 208GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 99 94 101 95 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 108 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 98.2 66% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 985GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 165 168 165 167 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 133 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 167 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 120GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 96 96 100 95 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 73.1 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 97.5 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 76%

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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	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
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 $109Bench 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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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