Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	58.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '17 at 16:16
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 20.4 2-Core 63.9 40% 56 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 318 36% 281 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650 Ti Boost-$140 15,701 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 845B) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 25.8 18% 22.4 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 26.2 Splatting 23.4 21% 25.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0125A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 39 (A3) Unknown 100 100 5 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3393 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (94) Unknown 100 100 2005 (95) Unknown 100 100 83 (96) Unknown 100 100 1 (97) Unknown 100 100 58 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8209 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8209 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7888 (F5) Unknown 100 100 27144	58.9% Above average	Read 492 Write 306 Mixed 336 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 30.5 4K Mixed 11.4 60% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.7 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 11.2 24% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 107%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	8.75% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 4.94 Mixed 8.01 12% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.36 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 1.2 97% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.75% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 721 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.2% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 9.7 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,224x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	483x
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 $79Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16