Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 19:32
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 621 64% 514 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 3.8 Reflection 6.31 5% 5.05 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 480GB-$322 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 227 221 222 216 235 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 309 Write 249 Mixed 288 SusWrite 226 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 24 82% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 85.6 DQ Mixed 106 91% 137 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 68%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 723GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 140 141 137 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 139 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 346GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 97 103 102 104 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 76.5 Write 70.2 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 101 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 67%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$86 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 143 141 137 143 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 88.2 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 141 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 100%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 6TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 37 39 39 38 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 35.5 Write 40.3 Mixed 37 SusWrite 38.6 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 107%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 6,353 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 271GB free, PID 7000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 76 80 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 95.5 Write 81.2 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 78.5 103% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 158% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 57%
JMicron H/W RAID5 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 3TB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 82 85 93 89 92 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.4% Above average	Read 221 Write 111 Mixed 119 SusWrite 85.4 163% 134 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 52%
WD My Book Pro 0110 12TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4.5TB free, PID 0110 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 38 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 39 Write 38 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 38.8 51% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 88% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 15.9 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 63%

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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	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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Total price: $817

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16