Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	124% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 16:10
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 97.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 206 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 602 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan-$1,088 6,806 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Nvidia(10DE 1035) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.6% Average	Lighting 52.8 Reflection 52.9 Parallax 67.4 43% 57.7 fps	MRender 57.1 Gravity 52.6 Splatting 45.4 42% 51.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 462 460 457 418 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 468 Mixed 381 SusWrite 448 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59.3 197% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 113GB free Firmware: 0809 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 193 186 198 198 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 406 Write 192 Mixed 230 SusWrite 193 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 19.2 121% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 56 62% 104 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3400833AS 400GB 466 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 224GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 50 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 19.5 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 47.6 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 26.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 121%

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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	1,219x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16