Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.8% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 11:42
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 239 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 509 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.8 86% 108 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 383 386 372 321 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 433 Mixed 266 SusWrite 350 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 54.1 191% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 269 223% 321 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 119%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 173GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 423 262 138 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 445 Mixed 368 SusWrite 247 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 36 150% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 272 208% 277 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 95%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 51GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 92 57 55 55 56 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 464 Write 295 Mixed 330 SusWrite 90.2 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 39.4 136% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 225 186% 264 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 198 202 202 202 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 161 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 199 115% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.7 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 63%

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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	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
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	198x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $40
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16