Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '22 at 12:44
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 638 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 151 Parallax 138 112% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 123 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 373 80 86 95 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 635 Write 569 Mixed 546 SusWrite 175 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 56.5 215% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 272 296% 499 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 295%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 30GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 375 222 15 15 16 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 452 Write 398 Mixed 390 SusWrite 142 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 17.4 93% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 36.5 86% 172 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 128GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 122 122 122 122 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 106 Write 86.2 Mixed 80 SusWrite 121 73% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 112%
ST4000VN 008-2DR166 4TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 3.5TB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.8% Poor	Read 41.2 Write 34.5 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 41.1 51% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan-1600 0423 Vulcan-1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

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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	1,228x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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