Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.2% 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	78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 20:31
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 189 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 287 41% 300 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.2% Below average	Lighting 42.2 Reflection 39.6 Parallax 35.1 34% 39 fps	MRender 34.7 Gravity 36 Splatting 32.6 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 184 179 173 168 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 433 Write 191 Mixed 211 SusWrite 178 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 30.3 120% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 198 173% 263 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 128%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 214GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 68 77 85 96 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 104 Write 2.2 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 83.5 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 128% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 127GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 134 133 132 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 89.2 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 132 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 384GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 137 136 137 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 94 Write 93 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 136 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 15.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 12.2 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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