Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	153% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '21 at 15:34
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 210 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 433 56% 424 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 1762 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.5% Average	Lighting 54 Reflection 61.1 Parallax 55.5 44% 56.9 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 55 Splatting 49.1 46% 56.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 54%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.06% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 59.9 Parallax 6.4 3% 23.3 fps	MRender 4.5 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 3% 3.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.06% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 506 538 400 524 518 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 609 Write 510 Mixed 518 SusWrite 473 119% 527 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 67.8 218% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 625 DQ Mixed 854 598% 752 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 410%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 9GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 78 79 75 78 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 51.4 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 76.8 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 70GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 57 57 55 57 57 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 25.4 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 56.2 32% 43.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 40%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 27GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 166 172 158 174 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 132 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 167 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR3 1600 C11 4x4GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 17.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 62%

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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	1,226x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	636x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

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	138x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16