Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.3% 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	77.2% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '20 at 15:20
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 510 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% PNY(196E 1331) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 94.8 Parallax 86.2 82% 93.9 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 79.1 74% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$65 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 121 138 128 100 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 370 Write 253 Mixed 263 SusWrite 125 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46.3 143% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 173 140% 198 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 84%
Verbatim Vi500 S3 240GB SSD 720 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 76GB free Firmware: R1029A SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 325 372 389 391 397 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 448 Write 402 Mixed 317 SusWrite 358 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 26.6 137% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 34.5 67% 131 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 89%
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GB 7,834 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 157GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 362 425 152 105 109 MB/s Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	92.3% Outstanding	Read 226 Write 106 Mixed 126 SusWrite 239 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 46.4 177% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 233 201% 294 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 98%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 88GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 54 55 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 52 Write 55.7 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 54.1 37% 50.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 43%
FB080C4080 80GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 13GB free Firmware: HPF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 56 58 58 58 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 48.3 Write 21.9 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 57.4 30% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 42%
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 101GB free, PID 2507 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 32 33 33 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 31.8 Mixed 27.9 SusWrite 32.2 42% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 60%

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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	1,235x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	644x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	403x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	487x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	139x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	99x

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