Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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

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 @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 00:57
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 710 78% 615 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.3% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.2 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.5 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: X312 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 517 Write 361 Mixed 255 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 49.9 197% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 50.5 104% 213 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 93%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 62GB free Firmware: X312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 227 217 220 218 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 465 Mixed 312 SusWrite 254 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 52.6 202% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 52.1 116% 239 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 39GB free Firmware: X413 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 339 140 52 71 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 486 Mixed 351 SusWrite 181 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 55.7 209% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 56.4 121% 249 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE6400 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: MJAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 120 119 121 120 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 120 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GB 946 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.1 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 23.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 74%

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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%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,229x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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