Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.7% 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	13 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 00:38
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 270 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 687 72% 574 Pts	64-Core 711 44% 711 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 118 Parallax 133 98% 124 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 107 Splatting 97.7 100% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.7% 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: 216 364 396 394 398 404 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 466 Mixed 389 SusWrite 362 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 39.3 132% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 285 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 117%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 138 139 132 92 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 473 Mixed 333 SusWrite 131 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 53.4 194% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 188 189% 305 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 360GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 203 204 204 205 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 153 Mixed 87 SusWrite 201 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% 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)	54.3% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 64%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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