Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% 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 Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 11:58
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 435 57% 431 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.5 84% 107 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 98.6 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 386 380 388 400 407 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 440 Mixed 366 SusWrite 387 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 50.6 185% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 286 233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 173GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 434 423 445 432 381 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 136 Mixed 166 SusWrite 413 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 36.6 142% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 273 207% 274 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 95%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 51GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 56 57 55 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 457 Write 396 Mixed 351 SusWrite 93.3 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 40.9 134% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 231 193% 277 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 202 201 203 202 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 158 Mixed 80 SusWrite 200 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.4 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	1,229x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

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	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16