Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	53.3% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '21 at 13:23
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 239 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 679 67% 550 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 143 Parallax 145 107% 140 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 120 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V-GEN11SM19FS256ITM2 256GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0817A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 29 88 37 44 91 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 466 Write 401 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 105 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 9.9 58% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 1.2 73% 171 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 622GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 102 100 102 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 101 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 68%
Toshiba HDWR180 8TB 1,295 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 3TB free Firmware: 0603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 176 178 180 179 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 103 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 177 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 130%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 82 80 82 80 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 147 Write 113 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 80.6 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 97%
ST350041 8AS 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 51GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 81 81 79 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 80.1 Write 75.5 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 79 97% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 34%
ST325031 8AS 250GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 45GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 81 81 79 77 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.1% Average	Read 125 Write 124 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 79.2 130% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 71%

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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	1,233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16