Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	179% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2880 x 1620 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 21:50
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 518 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 379F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 165 Parallax 175 138% 170 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 144 Splatting 104 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0906B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 626 624 631 616 580 522 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 650 Write 597 Mixed 584 SusWrite 600 137% 608 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 88.4 275% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 548 DQ Mixed 563 447% 629 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 311%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 223GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 263 268 267 267 268 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 408 Write 268 Mixed 294 SusWrite 266 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 34 141% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 184 167% 255 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 247GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 187 188 187 189 189 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 141 Write 112 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 185 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 212GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 94 94 95 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 132 Write 114 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 93.6 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 62GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 88 87 90 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 97 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 88 53% 73.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-4GZH 0420 F3-2400C10-4GZH 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.3 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.2 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

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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	1,217x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
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 $109Bench 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	96x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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