Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 22:57
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 239 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 645 61% 506 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 148 Parallax 127 108% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 130 174 90 68 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 463 Mixed 360 SusWrite 137 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55.1 192% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 136 161% 279 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
WDC WD10EZEX-75ZF5A0 127GB 23GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 136 137 137 137 137 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 499 Write 137 Mixed 197 SusWrite 137 53% 242 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.1 151% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 148 123% 180 MB/s

WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 212GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 102 103 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 160 Write 141 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 104 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance (0^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 54%

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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	1,227x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	636x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16