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Gigabyte Motherboard

GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

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Popular components in PC builds with the Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Motherboard.

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples1,053x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $70Bench 70%, 229,359 samples561x
Core i7-4790Intel  $150Bench 71%, 255,027 samples339x
Core i5-4460Intel  $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples147x
Core i5-4690Intel  $88Bench 67%, 73,695 samples103x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples420x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples181x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $140Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples175x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples175x
GTX 1070Nvidia  $119Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples155x
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples149x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples67x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $50Bench 105%, 762,998 samples67x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston  $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples56x
A400 240GBKingston  $22Bench 66%, 424,288 samples45x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples119x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples86x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples78x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples57x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples44x
Best Build (Edit with custom PC builder) Based on the most popular components from 2,724 user systems.
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntelBench 79%, 455,746 samples$348
GPU
GTX 970NvidiaBench 49%, 834,238 samples$340
SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsungBench 103%, 951,591 samples$70
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 51% - Above average Total price: $927

 User benchmarks for this motherboard (9 of 2,724)

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SSD
HDD
RAM
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EST-User, 22 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3080-Ti Very good UFO - 184 90 154  85  224  153  -  58 $1,328
USA-User, 13 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3080 Very good UFO - 165 88 137  85  201  82  -  60 $900
USA-User, 13 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3080 Excellent UFO - 160 86 134  83  200  80  105  60 $900
VNM-User, 15 months ago.Core i7-4790, RTX 3080 Good UFO - 156 87 130  79  203  169  68  54 $680
USA-User, 12 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3080 12GB Above average UFO - 161 89 135  84  200  153  -  52 $348
BGR-User, 5 months ago.Core i7-4790, RTX 4070-Ti Above average UFO - 176 86 141  81  223  108  48  82 $1,000
GBR-User, 17 months ago.Core i5-4590, RTX 3080-Ti Good UFO - 157 82 120  77  212  128  -  54 $1,198
GBR-User, 18 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3080 Very good UFO - 153 88 129  83  190  114  -  60 $948
USA-User, 18 months ago.Core i7-4790K, RTX 3080 Above average UFO - 152 86 124  78  203  173  73  51 $954
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