Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	17.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '20 at 13:14
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 236 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 641 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.5% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 64.9 56% 68.7 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 67.7 Splatting 70 56% 68.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 206 204 202 205 202 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 406 Write 396 Mixed 329 SusWrite 231 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 50.5 167% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 353 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 123%
Intel 540s Series 480GB 4,519 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 31GB free Firmware: LSBG200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 186 153 126 119 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 399 Write 386 Mixed 339 SusWrite 150 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 22.8 114% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 242 202% 290 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 95%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 115 115 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 132 Write 136 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 114 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 83%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 134 136 137 136 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 143 Write 119 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 135 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF 99U5471-056.A00LF 9905584-015.A00LF 99U5471-056.A00LF 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 57%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	1,222x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $290	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