Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.3% 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)
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	17.6 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 09:02
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790T 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 228 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 504 57% 447 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E215) 1GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 18.8 Reflection 18.5 Parallax 24.7 15% 20.7 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 21 15% 18.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 5,207 Write 72.4 Mixed 139 376% 1,806 MB/s	4K Read 761 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 8.8 1,167% 258 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 90%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 234GB free Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 598 Write 525 Mixed 531 123% 551 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 39.6 173% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 502 394% 554 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 141%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 M378B1G73EB0-YK0 M378B5273DH0-CK0 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.8% Above average	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%

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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	1,224x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	483x
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	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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