Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '20 at 19:55
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 214 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 415 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.1 80% 103 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 99.1 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 234 256 279 175 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 468 Mixed 390 SusWrite 225 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 60.4 205% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 53GB free Firmware: 1.3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 76 73 78 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 384 Write 81.6 Mixed 126 SusWrite 76.3 36% 167 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 38.8 146% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 79.5 DQ Mixed 91.5 69% 92 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 69%
Samsung HD401LJ 400GB 1,767 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 315GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 70 70 69 71 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 65.4 Write 71.2 Mixed 46 SusWrite 68.8 46% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 42%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 80GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 53 47 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 74.9 Write 48.2 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 52.4 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 74% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF Kingston 9905471-011.A00LF 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.3% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 54%

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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	1,224x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	483x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

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	138x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16