Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.4% 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)
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '18 at 15:51
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 664 72% 570 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PwrHis(1787 2336) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 45 30% 38.5 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 38.6 28% 33 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 29%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 457 Mixed 400 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 59 198% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 290 275 278 275 277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 484 Mixed 400 SusWrite 294 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 60.5 203% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 893GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 137 135 137 138 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 144 Write 134 Mixed 85 SusWrite 136 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 112%
Samsung S2 Portable 1TB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 87GB free, PID 1f08 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 43 43 43 43 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 36 Write 17 Mixed 20 SusWrite 40.9 37% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.4 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.2 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 79%

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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	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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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