Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47% 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	91.9% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 04:40
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 430 55% 417 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47% Average	Lighting 53.6 Reflection 53.2 Parallax 55.6 44% 54.2 fps	MRender 59.6 Gravity 56.8 Splatting 74.9 53% 63.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 125 111 99 104 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 326 Mixed 294 SusWrite 128 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 45.9 178% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 110 125% 209 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 97%
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 163GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 437 447 458 430 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 452 Mixed 427 SusWrite 426 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 65 213% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 305 245% 345 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 115%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 459GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 121 123 121 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 101 SusWrite 121 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL KHX1866C10D3/4G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 68%

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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	1,217x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
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 $109Bench 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	96x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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