Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '21 at 19:39
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 419 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 7.5 3% 4.87 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 2.8 Splatting 5.4 4% 5.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 129 119 118 120 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 478 Mixed 361 SusWrite 160 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 58.9 207% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 54GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 65 56 56 57 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 478 Write 364 Mixed 337 SusWrite 86 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 36.8 151% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 176 141% 203 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 82%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 721GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 124 126 128 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 110 Write 41 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 127 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%
Seagate BUP BK 5TB 4,756 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 120 118 119 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 86 Write 119 Mixed 76 SusWrite 119 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 181% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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