Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.9% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '19 at 18:04
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 393 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 43.4 Parallax 38.7 36% 41.9 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 39.3 Splatting 34.9 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 282 292 298 294 290 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 447 Mixed 362 SusWrite 302 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.7 160% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 256 217% 317 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 757GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 161 161 161 160 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 158 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 160 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 352GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 110 109 111 110 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 34.5 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 106 54% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 75%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 32GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 19GB free, PID dc5a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 7.7 8.5 8.7 8.2 8.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	3.78% Terrible	Read 13.7 Write 1.7 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 8.1 10% 8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.78% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-027.A00LF 2x4GB 493 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 59%

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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	1,229x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	639x
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 $94Bench 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 $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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