Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	24.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '20 at 20:16
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 198 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 414 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Nvidia(10DE 2182) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 83.5 82% 91.2 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 87.7 Splatting 74 71% 89.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 229 211 199 182 173 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 433 Mixed 408 SusWrite 230 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 59.9 202% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 76GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 128 141 121 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 112 Write 116 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 123 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 84%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 431GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 79 75 86 81 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 143 Write 117 Mixed 87.4 SusWrite 78.6 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 101%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 56GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 88 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 84.1 Write 77.3 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 87.6 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GB 12,132 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	34% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.3 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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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