Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.8% 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)
Boot Drive	30.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '18 at 11:01
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 394 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 67.1 Reflection 61.6 Parallax 90.1 55% 72.9 fps	MRender 61.5 Gravity 55.6 Splatting 79.3 55% 65.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 52%
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 835D) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 12.8 12% 14.7 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 14.4 Splatting 16.8 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 240GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 45 19 45 27 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 464 Write 154 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 34.6 36% 166 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.3 38% 9.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 87%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 48GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 90 86 86 91 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 249 Write 119 Mixed 156 SusWrite 90.1 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 35.7 140% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 85.3 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 94 73% 99.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 73%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 71 29 34 27 26 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 444 Write 298 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 74.5 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 17.7 4K Mixed 13.3 52% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 19 DQ Mixed 20 16% 23.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 56%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 970GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 104 103 104 103 105 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 114 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 104 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 22.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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 $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 $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 $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