Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	121% 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '21 at 11:50
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 241 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 465 63% 469 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 135 331% 135 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 286 274 287 290 288 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 465 Mixed 393 SusWrite 289 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.4 218% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 882GB free Firmware: S5Z44106 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 653 613 615 629 622 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 743 Write 658 Mixed 658 SusWrite 599 150% 664 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 78 257% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 365 352% 560 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 311%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 70GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 66 66 65 65 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 56.3 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 64.9 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 43%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 87GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 69 67 69 67 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 72.3 Write 69.3 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 67.5 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 19.8 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

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 $178	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) $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