Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.4% 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	65.6% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 22:10
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	23%

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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 214 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 366 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1621 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Lighting 50.6 Reflection 46.4 Parallax 47.1 41% 48.1 fps	MRender 41.3 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 37.8 33% 40.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 115 120 121 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 311 Write 387 Mixed 294 SusWrite 119 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 42.5 138% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 79.2 DQ Mixed 47.6 39% 54.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 521GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 130 127 125 131 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 116 Write 66.2 Mixed 38 SusWrite 128 63% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 113%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 300GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 106 107 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 63 SusWrite 106 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 332GB free Firmware: KC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 96 99 95 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 85 Write 81.7 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 96.5 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 233GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 118 120 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 110 Write 113 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 120 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 74%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 6GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 50 49 49 48 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 146 Write 48.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 48.7 73% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 134% 6.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 86%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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