Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	44.2% 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	30.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '21 at 21:11
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 58 2-Core 216 64% 117 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 601 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% MSI(1462 8D92) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	44.2% Average	Lighting 57.8 Reflection 58.9 Parallax 45.9 47% 54.2 fps	MRender 41.6 Gravity 52.1 Splatting 47.5 39% 47.1 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS510S 256GB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP080PB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 6.9 19 4.1 42 8.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 385 Write 16.6 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 14.6 23% 108 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 8.5 50% 12.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 99%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 10GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 262 Write 191 Mixed 204 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 29.4 119% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 142 113% 157 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 240 202 198 202 193 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 424 Mixed 348 SusWrite 235 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 47.1 168% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 124%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 11GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 152 133 68 76 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 434 Write 106 Mixed 309 SusWrite 138 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 17.3 70% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 184 152% 213 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 95%
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 35GB free Firmware: AP612PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 316 96 101 104 103 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 415 Write 181 Mixed 314 SusWrite 185 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 27.8 116% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 198 171% 250 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 10.2 SC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 62%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	399x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $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	136x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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