Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '20 at 13:32
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 600 66% 521 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.6% Very good	Lighting 89.8 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 77 73% 82.6 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 72.3 68% 85.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 150 151 148 153 152 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 303 Write 210 Mixed 209 SusWrite 156 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 26.3 105% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 54.9 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 171 136% 181 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 100%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 102 101 102 95 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 95 Write 184 Mixed 149 SusWrite 106 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 29.8 129% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 122 103% 150 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 85%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 112 Write 107 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 107 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 62%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: GG2OACA0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 106 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 99 Mixed 37.7 SusWrite 105 62% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 133 134 134 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 132 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 134 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

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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	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
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 $109Bench 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	96x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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