Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '20 at 09:47
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 210 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 676 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 76.6 Parallax 68.3 62% 73.8 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 74.3 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 236 239 230 218 217 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 487 Mixed 382 SusWrite 248 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 62.2 213% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Intel SSDSC2BB480G6 480GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 30GB free Firmware: G2010150 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 410 415 420 421 423 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 353 Write 432 Mixed 308 SusWrite 411 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 40 155% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 239 181% 245 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 263 227 196 183 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 489 Mixed 398 SusWrite 232 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 65.6 226% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 241GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 80 80 77 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 104 Write 99.8 Mixed 55.3 SusWrite 79 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C11 0215 CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C11 0215 CMZ32GX3M4X1600C10 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.6% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 20.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 59%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	399x

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 $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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