Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.1% 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)
Boot Drive	137% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 13:39
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 220 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 417 60% 438 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 60.5 54% 65 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 54.5 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 236 233 231 229 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 699 Write 572 Mixed 413 SusWrite 267 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 47.9 203% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 738 545% 719 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 284 285 284 285 285 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 465 Mixed 415 SusWrite 299 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.7 214% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 268GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 75 76 75 76 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 66.7 Write 66 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 74.8 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 1315 BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.5 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 66%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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