Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.6% 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	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '22 at 06:04
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 668 75% 587 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200 83,027 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Sapphire(174B E308) CLim: 1111 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 52.7 Parallax 62.3 40% 54.6 fps	MRender 51.7 Gravity 48.2 Splatting 36.5 36% 45.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNK128GVN8 128GB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: K8TA4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 125 116 123 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 411 Write 125 Mixed 175 SusWrite 122 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 36.7 136% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 159 130% 191 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 74%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$28 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 23GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 86 277 7.6 158 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 512 Write 214 Mixed 277 SusWrite 113 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 27.5 128% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 32.9 62% 120 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 M378B5773CH0-CH9 8GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 2048, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.1 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 52%

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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	1,228x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

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	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16