Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.8% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 19:25
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 267 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 518 71% 526 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2157 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Lighting 87.1 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 74.6 71% 80.9 fps	MRender 77.5 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 80.9 65% 79 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM01.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 52 26 64 38 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 510 Write 71 Mixed 101 SusWrite 42.4 39% 181 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 0.8 79% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 50.4 DQ Write 66.9 DQ Mixed 4.3 18% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 53 53 56 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Read 48.8 Write 60.4 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 53.9 40% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 67%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 371GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 72 71 75 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 77.6 Write 73.6 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 73.3 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9-9-9 D3-1600 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 1319 CL9-9-9 D3-1600 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 70%

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

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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	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	634x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16