Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.4% 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	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 15:33
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 109 2-Core 223 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 440 60% 445 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.4% Average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.5 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.3 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 56.3 47% 57.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 67 59 68 51 51 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.9% Above average	Read 236 Write 123 Mixed 137 SusWrite 59.3 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 23 115% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 85.6 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 49.6 53% 86 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 55GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 175 177 176 175 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Read 121 Write 98 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 173 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 91 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 84.2 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 90.4 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 182% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 25GB free, PID a00b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 61 Write 60.5 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 57.7 69% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 44%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 39GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 35 35 36 35 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 36.1 Write 29.8 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 34.6 42% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 16,472 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 20.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 63%

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

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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	1,219x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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 $94Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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