Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.97% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 19:10
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 248 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 714 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 3242) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.11.3 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.97% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 13.5 8% 12.4 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 9.07 Splatting 16 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.97% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 508 Write 428 Mixed 373 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 72.1 254% 94.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$50 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 204GB free Firmware: 3.CH SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 80 79 79 79 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 77.5 Write 77.8 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 76.6 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 686GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 113 112 113 114 113 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 121 Write 115 Mixed 79 SusWrite 110 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.9% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,217x
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 $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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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