Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	87% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '19 at 20:10
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 658 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 106 Parallax 89.4 82% 98.6 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 91.6 76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 272 274 274 275 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 498 Write 376 Mixed 275 SusWrite 265 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 19 139% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 108 120% 199 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 86%
WDC WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 240GB 59GB free Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 274 275 274 274 275 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 486 Write 392 Mixed 280 SusWrite 266 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 19.3 144% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 105 119% 199 MB/s

SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 119GB free Firmware: R1311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 298 301 300 301 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 456 Mixed 213 SusWrite 291 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 38.9 163% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 151 162% 269 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 59GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 298 300 299 300 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 306 Mixed 379 SusWrite 290 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 48.9 182% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 170 174% 285 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 923GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 136 138 136 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 81.8 Write 35 Mixed 69 SusWrite 137 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,886 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 73%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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