Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	41.6% 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	129% 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '18 at 19:02
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 93.8 2-Core 185 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 372 50% 373 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1656 MHz, MLim: 1970 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Lighting 54.1 Reflection 53.2 Parallax 47.2 44% 51.5 fps	MRender 45.5 Gravity 48.3 Splatting 42.3 37% 45.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 483 485 488 380 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 490 Mixed 453 SusWrite 433 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 59.3 214% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%
Gloway WAR PRO T300 120G 120GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 54GB free Firmware: W1DB07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 96 53 53 53 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 334 Mixed 341 SusWrite 102 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 46.4 169% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 216 177% 252 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 60%

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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	1,232x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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