Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	134% 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	159% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '20 at 21:53
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 628 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 623 38% 623 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FF9) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	134% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 177 Parallax 176 151% 179 fps	MRender 205 Gravity 160 Splatting 111 124% 159 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 591 595 599 606 605 605 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 719 Write 608 Mixed 513 SusWrite 600 137% 610 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.6 203% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 744 548% 721 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 254%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 681GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 139 141 142 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 132 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 140 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 100%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 83GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 109 110 110 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 126 Write 103 Mixed 65 SusWrite 109 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 100%
Generic MassStorageClass 32GB 478 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 25GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 89 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 91 Write 60.5 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 88.6 93% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3.8 237% 4.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.2% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 87%

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Gaming 42%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

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 $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	97x

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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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