Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	80.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 20:41
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 134 2-Core 228 88% 152 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 639 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 196 Parallax 192 110% 174 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 151 Splatting 125 111% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: X312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 65 77 26 106 60 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 454 Write 178 Mixed 231 SusWrite 76.4 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 37.4 149% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 41.4 94% 196 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 93%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 62GB free Firmware: X312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 217 215 218 218 217 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 326 Mixed 230 SusWrite 225 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 35.8 157% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 45.8 110% 230 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 39GB free Firmware: X413 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 223 103 54 85 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 394 Write 356 Mixed 277 SusWrite 127 64% 288 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 33.7 147% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 19.5 100% 230 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 108%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE6400 4TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: MJAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 110 107 115 113 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 114 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GB 946 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 74%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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 $80Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16