Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	93.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '20 at 02:27
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 422 54% 408 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 49.5 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 41.8 40% 45.9 fps	MRender 40.5 Gravity 42.9 Splatting 37.9 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 341 339 402 415 406 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 391 Mixed 353 SusWrite 383 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 35.5 127% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 243 184% 254 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 364GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 161 177 177 180 174 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 145 Write 117 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 175 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 209GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 46 47 47 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	26.2% Poor	Read 45 Write 44 Mixed 20 SusWrite 46.3 28% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 72GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 52 52 52 53 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 51.3 Write 52 Mixed 42.7 SusWrite 52.1 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 16GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 59%

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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	1,220x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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