Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	75.2% 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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 03:24
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 191 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 369 45% 346 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 148 Parallax 140 112% 142 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$88 2,661 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 70 74 73 56 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 435 Write 392 Mixed 375 SusWrite 126 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 34.3 112% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 294 232% 323 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 156%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 89GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 79 86 80 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 338 Write 73.3 Mixed 110 SusWrite 86.3 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 22.3 93% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 144 125% 193 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 133%
OCZ Vertex 4 512GB-$349 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 477GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 435 444 446 448 434 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 297 Write 398 Mixed 267 SusWrite 430 79% 348 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 34.6 124% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 342 255% 338 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 116GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 159 161 162 162 157 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.4% Good	Read 277 Write 144 Mixed 180 SusWrite 157 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 30.9 106% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 130 109% 161 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 91%
WD WD30EZRS-00J99B0 3TB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 117 118 119 117 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 117 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 79%

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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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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