Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% 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	83.3% 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	8.99GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 8.99GB 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8.99316 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '19 at 00:26
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 0, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 392 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.11.3 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 67 Parallax 85.6 56% 74 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 56 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Qemu HARDDISK 77GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.5+ SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 223 236 227 183 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 370 Write 380 Mixed 350 SusWrite 209 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 40.4 134% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 281 219% 304 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%
Qemu HARDDISK 83GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 28GB free Firmware: 2.5+ SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 223 236 227 183 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 376 Write 371 Mixed 353 SusWrite 209 74% 327 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 39 127% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 282 216% 297 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%
Qemu HARDDISK 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 117GB free Firmware: 2.5+ SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 69 76 76 57 24 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 32% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
QEMU 1x8GB 5,342 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB DIMM RAM Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 145%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16