Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.5% 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 Drive84.4% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20150421
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJun 06 '18 at 21:37
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Memory 96.2
1-Core 130
2-Core 251
90% 159 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 688
68% 557 Pts
64-Core 689
43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 112
Parallax 101
90% 108 fps
MRender 91.8
Gravity 97.4
Splatting 83.3
74% 90.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149
71GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
84.4% Excellent
Read 483
Write 244
Mixed 305
76% 344 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 24.6
139% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 215
DQ Write 215
DQ Mixed 54.9
85% 161 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA632 1TB-$109
189GB free
Firmware: JP4OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
53.9% Above average
Read 87.2
Write 101
Mixed 94.8
71% 94.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.55
4K Write 1.25
4K Mixed 0.31
80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 53.9%
Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
158GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
81.5% Excellent
Read 169
Write 115
Mixed 104
96% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.63
4K Write 2.87
4K Mixed 0.22
104% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 81.5%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
70.7% Very good
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 22.3
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 24.1
SC Mixed 22.8
62% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 53.2
75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,122 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $817
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