Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.5% 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	104% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '20 at 00:33
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i7-4790K-$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)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 258 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 661 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 118 Parallax 122 99% 121 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 108 Splatting 98.4 100% 127 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 102GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 360 399 381 393 405 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 468 Mixed 397 SusWrite 360 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 38.6 131% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 287 234% 334 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 117%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 116 116 88 73 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 481 Mixed 325 SusWrite 114 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.2 197% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 185 188% 304 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 360GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 203 204 205 204 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 158 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 201 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $40	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