Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '20 at 18:31
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 440 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 112 Parallax 104 81% 105 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 97.9 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5628 Write 3,036 Mixed 4,139 943% 4,268 MB/s	4K Read 390 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 96.9 750% 184 MB/s	DQ Read 1,163 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 758 603% 856 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 46GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 285 23 58 41 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 456 Mixed 369 SusWrite 123 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 48.3 164% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 251 211% 308 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 64GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 289 342 282 265 252 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 443 Mixed 382 SusWrite 287 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 48.9 167% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB-$135 5,895 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 517GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 287 384 379 388 388 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 436 Write 422 Mixed 295 SusWrite 353 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 28.3 94% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 264 221% 321 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 119%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 395 Write 400 Mixed 373 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 24.2 79% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 79.6 71% 108 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 97%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 797GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 83 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 108 Write 20 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 84 56% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 63%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 91 91 92 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 98.7 Write 86.3 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 91.5 111% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 196% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 61%
WD Elements 107C 3TB 3,265 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 448GB free, PID 107c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 92.5 Write 91.5 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 90.8 118% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 112% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 58%
ST2000DM 001-9YN164 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 2TB free, PID fc77 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.3% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 34.2 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 41.3 50% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 62% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 47%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 16GB 2,114 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 13GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 8.6 9.6 9.7 9.7 9.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	7.33% Terrible	Read 24 Write 8.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 9.1 15% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.33% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-038.A00LF 99U5471-038.A00LF 99U5471-038.A00LF 99U5471-031.A00LF 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns

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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	1,228x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16