Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.95% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 12:13
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 74.9 2-Core 191 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 356 48% 360 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 2400) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.95% Terrible	Lighting 12.2 Reflection 8.62 Parallax 5.75 10% 8.84 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 6.91 7% 8.86 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.95% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKGF256A5 SATA 256GB 1,243 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: LB1i SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 116 96 132 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 296 Write 273 Mixed 226 SusWrite 128 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 39.9 127% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 45.3 43% 63.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 88%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 348GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 7.8 12 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 89 Write 10 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 10.8 24% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 62%
Maxtor 6V320F0 320GB 601 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 261GB free Firmware: VA111900 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 68 68 68 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 61.8 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 67.1 40% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 188% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 38%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 2TB 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 88GB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 77 78 78 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 29 SusWrite 77 102% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 58%
WD G HD103 External 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 911GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 40.7 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 41.2 53% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.2 153% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 23%
General USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,276 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 4.4 4 3.9 4.4 4.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	2.47% Terrible	Read 4.2 Write 2.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4 5% 3.97 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.47% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 16.4 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 17 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 90%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

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 $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	97x

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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