Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	187% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '19 at 00:15
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 726 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37B6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3933 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 134 Parallax 147 131% 147 fps	MRender 205 Gravity 144 Splatting 119 123% 156 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 266 256 255 273 248 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 664 Mixed 644 SusWrite 290 131% 586 MB/s	4K Read 74 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 98.6 347% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 1,005 678% 822 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 280%
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 51GB free Firmware: RVM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 396 392 399 394 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 494 Mixed 459 SusWrite 389 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 70.8 255% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 271% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 87GB free Firmware: EXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 396 394 401 395 380 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 476 Mixed 400 SusWrite 385 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 71.1 254% 95.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 334 259% 355 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 124%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 340GB free Firmware: 82.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 118 119 118 119 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 118 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 1,459 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 27.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 44.9 89% 44.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83% 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 $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