Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.8% 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)
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '21 at 11:12
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

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 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 (96^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 372 46% 352 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 69.9 52% 68.3 fps	MRender 68.5 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 55.4 50% 62.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,942 Write 3,916 Mixed 3,966 951% 4,275 MB/s	4K Read 336 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 175 811% 219 MB/s	DQ Read 1,144 DQ Write 852 DQ Mixed 1,010 752% 1,002 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 84GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 99 97 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 75.9 Write 80.3 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 98.3 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 74GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 205 203 206 206 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 138 Write 112 Mixed 73 SusWrite 204 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 112%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 141GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 63 60 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	25.9% Poor	Read 50.4 Write 48 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 62.2 68% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	66% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 19.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 73%

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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	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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 $273	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 $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