Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 08:18
Run Duration	100 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 230 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 586 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro NVS 450 580 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 0619) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	0.56% Terrible	Lighting 0.53 Reflection 1.19 Parallax 0.12 0% 0.62 fps	MRender 1.43 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.97 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.56% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 38714836126382 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4036 (B5) Unknown 0 0 3 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3217 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 750168 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 750168 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1001042 (F9) Unknown 100 100 26062	54.6% Above average	Read 401 Write 117 Mixed 148 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 12.7 99% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 56.9 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 29.2 32% 53.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 80%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,217x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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