Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.1% 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	162% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '19 at 17:56
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 264 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 700 78% 611 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 2302) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Lighting 73.9 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 89.2 60% 77.2 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 57.3 54% 67.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 480GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 698 613 525 533 535 534 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 622 Mixed 553 SusWrite 573 127% 560 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 75.9 232% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 759 DQ Mixed 995 685% 844 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 234%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 145 148 149 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 132 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 147 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 925GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 129 134 130 135 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 133 Write 128 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 132 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1866 2x8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 68%

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

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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	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	399x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	136x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16