Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	171% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 22:20
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	7%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 694 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 67.9 65% 75 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 74.2 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 580 631 595 593 592 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 661 Write 585 Mixed 100 SusWrite 533 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 81.5 264% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 309 324% 539 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 130GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 158 166 160 170 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 312 Write 256 Mixed 265 SusWrite 159 56% 248 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.8 159% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 171 146% 213 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 85%
WD Green 750GB (2009)-$224 5,100 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 173GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 85.2 Write 82.8 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 62.9 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

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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%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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