Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '19 at 12:20
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 382 47% 361 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 720 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8C90) 2GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	3.2% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 3.65 Parallax 3.56 3% 3.66 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 3.23 Splatting 5.13 3% 4.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.2% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.4 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 38.9 37% 42.7 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 490 Write 229 Mixed 241 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 35.8 147% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 207 177% 265 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 114GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 65 70 74 66 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 37.2 Write 1.8 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 69.5 36% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 255% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 563GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 198 199 199 199 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 136 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 196 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 260GB free Firmware: KC45 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,600 Write 38.5 Mixed 61 1,121% 1,566 MB/s	4K Read 714 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2 29,984% 239 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 88%
FUJITSU MHV2080AT 80GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 18GB free, PID 2507 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 27 26 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	13.1% Very poor	Read 26.7 Write 26.3 Mixed 18 SusWrite 26.3 33% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 63%

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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	1,220x
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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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