Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	105% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 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	Sep 16 '19 at 17:58
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 199 85% 143 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 706 71% 576 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 163 Parallax 140 120% 150 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 146 Splatting 121 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 309 311 307 215 195 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 318 Mixed 319 SusWrite 275 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.3 172% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 250 216% 319 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 286GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 419 423 423 439 447 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 488 Mixed 446 SusWrite 424 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.5 213% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 152GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 272 271 270 270 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 478 Mixed 440 SusWrite 285 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 56.6 199% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 230 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 425GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 123 123 118 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 173 Write 183 Mixed 30 SusWrite 120 91% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 108%

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 (93^rd percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 24.5 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.8% 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	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	634x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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 $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
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 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16