Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 16:49
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	65% Good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 184 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 277 37% 275 Pts	64-Core 268 17% 268 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.2% Below average	Lighting 41.8 Reflection 27.8 Parallax 51.2 34% 40.3 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 42.7 Splatting 34.4 29% 34.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 18 21 18 21 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 469 Write 409 Mixed 319 SusWrite 38.5 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 38.7 132% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 230 174% 226 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 118%
Toshiba THNS128GG4BBAA 128GB 436 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 90GB free Firmware: AGTA0203 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 144 147 110 151 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 182 Write 141 Mixed 140 SusWrite 142 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 16 56% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 10.7 DQ Write 32.7 DQ Mixed 16.2 14% 19.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 40%
Seagate ST3320418AS 320GB-$54 24,309 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 127GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 62 62 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 62 Write 70 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 63.5 44% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 58%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 24GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 39 Mixed 18.3 SusWrite 41.1 46% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 19%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 830GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 96 96 98 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 97.8 Write 95.8 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 96.7 116% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 13 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 14.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 62%

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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	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	634x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16