Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 19:25
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (95^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 438 56% 426 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1650 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 91.5 Parallax 180 95% 129 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 121 Splatting 128 94% 113 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 33 36 35 37 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 480 Mixed 326 SusWrite 78.8 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 55.3 201% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 180 184% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 380GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 116 118 118 119 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 169 Write 167 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 117 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 30GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 55 86 91 82 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 92.5 Write 86.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 70.1 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 60%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 266GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 90 92 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 100 Write 106 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 93.9 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GB 1,688 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.4% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.3 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.1 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 65%

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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	1,217x
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