Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '19 at 19:35
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 255 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 616 67% 531 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 164 Parallax 153 120% 155 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 146 Splatting 122 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 328 319 317 308 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 477 Mixed 447 SusWrite 315 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 63.6 210% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 302 244% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 474GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 400 407 403 401 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 479 Mixed 456 SusWrite 390 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 59.4 205% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 273 274 274 273 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 477 Mixed 363 SusWrite 281 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.4 192% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 234 211% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 331GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 61 90 104 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 85.2 Write 89 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 75.4 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 108%
Seagate M3 2TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 243GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 90 90 92 94 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 66.2 Write 128 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 90.9 71% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 21.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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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	1,217x
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 $160Bench 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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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