Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140425
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateDec 20 '19 at 13:27
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User SRB-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 96.5
1-Core 116
2-Core 217
83% 143 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 466
62% 464 Pts
64-Core 465
29% 465 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770
PwrHis(1787 2312) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
11.7% Very poor
Lighting 15.2
Reflection 11.3
Parallax 13.1
12% 13.2 fps
MRender 11.4
Gravity 11.4
Splatting 14.7
10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 9%
This bench: 11.7%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 107 123 121 129 128 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
61.9% Good
Read 93.5
Write 119
Mixed 72.3
SusWrite 122
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1
184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 61.9%
Great: 85%
WD Green 500GB (2012)
99GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 91 90 92 91 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
49.2% Average
Read 80
Write 81.5
Mixed 85
SusWrite 90.9
63% 84.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.8
179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 79%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/8GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX 24GB
1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz
8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
74.7% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 24.5
74% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 19.6
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 23.3
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 52.2
77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,132 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $817
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