Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '20 at 08:19
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 720 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 110 87% 111 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 300 300 299 283 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 493 Mixed 409 SusWrite 263 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 45.5 200% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 76GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 99 103 102 102 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 160 Write 122 Mixed 134 SusWrite 97.2 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 33.4 142% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 117 91% 125 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 85GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 87.1 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 100 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 46GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 99 98 100 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 111 Write 104 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 99.1 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 76%

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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	1,224x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	483x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	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