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Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 02:19
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$58 229,359 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 (93^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 426 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 0974) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 67 Reflection 69 Parallax 61.6 55% 65.9 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 63 Splatting 54.9 51% 63.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SII120G 51GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 48GB free Firmware: X310 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.9% Above average	Read 424 Write 179 Mixed 193 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 10.7 86% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 11.7 53% 118 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 553GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 88%

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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	1,262x
Core i5-4690KIntel $58Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	661x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	503x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	206x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	205x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	163x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	142x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	101x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	100x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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Intel Core i5-13600K $248	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350