Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	85.3% 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	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 9 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '17 at 19:07
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 680 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 159 Parallax 141 123% 151 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 143 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 377GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 462 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 339 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 631570755	123% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 408 Mixed 415 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 54.8 205% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 132 153% 265 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 693 Write 380 Mixed 484 115% 519 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 7.02 86% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 46.1 90% 173 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 29GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	2,227% Outstanding	Read 4,846 Write 94.1 Mixed 182 356% 1,707 MB/s	4K Read 5,073 4K Write 5.68 4K Mixed 5.65 7,696% 1,695 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 2,227% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 KHX1866C10D3/8G 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 32GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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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	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16