Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	138% 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.
Boot Drive	43.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 14:03
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 625 59% 491 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 183 Parallax 198 157% 191 fps	MRender 207 Gravity 168 Splatting 116 129% 163 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.2a SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 52 54 54 57 56 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.4% Average	Read 160 Write 56 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 54.9 20% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 27 98% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 80.2 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 67.9 52% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 62%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 324GB free Firmware: 32A0T2IA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 602 473 103 542 101 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 588 Write 570 Mixed 479 SusWrite 397 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 35.3 112% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 568 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 182 173% 284 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 372%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 217GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 114 155 159 127 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 165 Write 132 Mixed 31 SusWrite 129 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 107%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 51GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 82 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 81.2 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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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 $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