Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	83.5% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 21:55
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 496 66% 495 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% PNY(196E 133C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 120 Parallax 135 102% 127 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 111 Splatting 101 100% 127 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 mSATA 240GB-$120 1,180 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 119 104 105 97 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 439 Write 265 Mixed 298 SusWrite 112 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 38.8 151% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 168 158% 248 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 97GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 185 209 214 216 219 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 488 Mixed 378 SusWrite 200 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 47.8 172% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 352 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 58GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 172 186 177 182 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 303 Mixed 298 SusWrite 176 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 36.3 157% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 248 211% 310 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 101%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 94GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1335 286 286 285 284 287 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,356 Write 1,469 Mixed 1,298 SusWrite 461 309% 1,396 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 79.8 265% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 1,485 DQ Mixed 1,005 824% 1,156 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 280%
Asmt 2235 500GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 435GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 192 212 212 213 237 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 396 Write 400 Mixed 382 SusWrite 206 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 27.9 88% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 164 120% 157 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 80%
Ct250mx5 0 250GB 930 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 26GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 193 209 212 213 158 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 400 Write 380 Mixed 363 SusWrite 193 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 25.9 86% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 162 118% 153 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 117%
Ct500mx5 0 500GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 355GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 194 213 214 215 239 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 391 Write 402 Mixed 383 SusWrite 208 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 28.5 91% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 159 112% 140 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 185GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 140 140 139 140 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 150 Write 144 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 139 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 211% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 109%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 219GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 73 74 74 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 78.5 Write 74.2 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 72.9 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,886 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.5 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 25.1 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 73%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $134	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