Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	168% 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '24 at 02:04
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 610 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.4% Very good	Lighting 93.1 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 85.4 76% 90.8 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 86.2 Splatting 73.7 69% 85.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hs-ssd-g4000e 1024G 1TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 401% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: HS12362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 652 663 687 686 686 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 707 Write 692 Mixed 685 SusWrite 674 156% 690 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 63.8 212% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 702 DQ Mixed 829 596% 765 MB/s
Poor: 292% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 494%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 383GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 127 127 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 69 SusWrite 126 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M391B5173QH0-YK0 4x4GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	20"	1280 720	DEL406C DELL E2011H

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	1,227x
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	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 $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 $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16