Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% 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 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.9% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '18 at 15:29
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 601 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 79.5 Parallax 69.3 66% 76.7 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 72.2 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%
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
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 278 239 230 230 183 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 462 Write 288 Mixed 284 SusWrite 239 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 23.8 72% 18.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 104GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 115 115 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 107 Write 106 Mixed 65 SusWrite 115 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 70%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 32GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 45 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 45.5 Write 41 Mixed 37.5 SusWrite 44.1 31% 42 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 60%
Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 250GB-$59 3,786 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 181GB free Firmware: V44OA91A SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 61 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 63.2 Mixed 40 SusWrite 61.8 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 86%

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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	1,219x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16