Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '20 at 07:18
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	8%

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 i5-4690K-$55 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 426 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 275-$250 3,083 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 82F2) 896MB Ram: 896MB, Driver: 341.74 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	9.1% Terrible	Lighting 12.6 Reflection 9.15 Parallax 5.59 10% 9.1 fps	MRender 9.33 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 6.57 7% 8.66 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.1% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 572GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 76 88 97 96 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55% Above average	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 86.5 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 57%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$112 12,285 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 895GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 139 141 141 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 136 Write 138 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 140 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 76%
Toshiba MK1032GSX 100GB 407 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 93GB free Firmware: AS021G SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 33 34 33 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 34 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 32.8 22% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 19%
Toshiba MK6476GSXN 640GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 586GB free Firmware: GB001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 69 66 68 66 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 81.2 Write 45.5 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 67.4 40% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 49%
Toshiba MK1032GSX 95GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 79GB free Firmware: AS021G SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 30 32 32 32 32 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 30 Write 34.3 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 31.6 22% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 55%

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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	1,231x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	640x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	485x
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	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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16