Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '18 at 20:31
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	94%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 185 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 384 52% 385 Pts	64-Core 351 22% 351 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 77.1 Reflection 80.7 Parallax 69.3 63% 75.7 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 72.8 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 79 54 55 54 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 485 Write 418 Mixed 381 SusWrite 83.4 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 45.6 153% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 237 197% 282 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 252GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 83 84 82 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 74 SusWrite 82.7 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 595 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 70%

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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	1,217x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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