Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 20:14
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 631 67% 536 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 166 Parallax 165 148% 171 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 153 Splatting 110 122% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 159 Write 123 Mixed 158 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 23.5 112% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 69.5 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 99.2 73% 94.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 27GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 684 Write 549 Mixed 588 135% 607 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 84.7 276% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 765 DQ Write 611 DQ Mixed 1,003 665% 793 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 428GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 118 117 120 121 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 118 Mixed 69 SusWrite 118 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 370GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 94 94 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 88.2 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 93.6 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%

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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 $178	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