Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


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 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '19 at 23:10
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 421 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 8603) ≥ 4GB; asus gtx1050 ti dual CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 38.3 33% 36.9 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 40.5 Splatting 36.7 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 99 105 105 100 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 269 Write 150 Mixed 181 SusWrite 103 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.3 159% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 101 84% 121 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 145GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 151 151 149 143 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 361 Write 216 Mixed 225 SusWrite 152 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 40.8 155% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 151 124% 174 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 85%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 150GB free Firmware: 010G SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 240 230 229 251 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 494 Write 256 Mixed 256 SusWrite 237 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 15.7 111% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 23 66% 141 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 74%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 56GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 59 59 60 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 181 Write 64.2 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 59.3 22% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 32.8 118% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 80.6 DQ Write 63 DQ Mixed 71.4 54% 71.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 112 113 112 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 138 Mixed 81 SusWrite 112 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 109%
USB2.0 Flash Disk 1GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 11 Write 8.5 Mixed 6.8 11% 8.77 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 20% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.5% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	1,218x
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 $45	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