Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	91.8% 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	66.2% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '20 at 09:17
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 below expectations (9^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 185 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 474 52% 409 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70% 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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 125 Parallax 105 97% 116 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 116 Splatting 92.3 82% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 93 99 97 87 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 377 Write 172 Mixed 213 SusWrite 95.2 47% 214 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 28.6 110% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 202 166% 243 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 232GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 384 367 348 365 379 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 410 Mixed 386 SusWrite 368 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 45.9 147% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 346 262% 351 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 128GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 133 130 134 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 65 Write 69.7 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 133 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 68GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 129 138 138 138 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 131 Mixed 29 SusWrite 136 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD38G16002 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.7% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 52%

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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	1,232x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16