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Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '22 at 11:47
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$115 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 578 61% 487 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$75 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 54 104 117 127 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 109 Write 116 Mixed 93 SusWrite 102 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 372GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 116 118 117 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GB 29,968 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 40%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,254 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,267x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	664x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	505x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	206x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	206x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	164x
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	145x
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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $133
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i7-14700K $355	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350