Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	107% 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 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '20 at 03:34
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 494 68% 502 Pts	64-Core 442 27% 442 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 C729) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 141 Parallax 142 124% 145 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 132 Splatting 0.09 74% 105 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 191 202 199 188 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 469 Mixed 266 SusWrite 201 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 52.6 190% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 248 210% 307 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 26GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 132 121 125 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 398 Write 150 Mixed 195 SusWrite 124 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.8 166% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 146 115% 160 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 2.6 8.5 14 7 0.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 12.2 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 68%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 196GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 88 88 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 84 Write 48.7 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 88.5 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	53% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 62%

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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) $30	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