Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.7% 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	113% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	13.6 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 12:11
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 224 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 486 66% 491 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90% 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.7 86% 108 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 99 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% 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: 360 395 405 400 400 334 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 430 Mixed 370 SusWrite 382 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 46.1 181% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 282 231% 330 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 173GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 427 280 139 140 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 445 Mixed 366 SusWrite 247 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 37.4 154% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 272 208% 277 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 95%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 51GB free Firmware: O1230C SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 60 55 55 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 448 Write 393 Mixed 350 SusWrite 93.2 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 40.8 137% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 232 194% 277 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 202 200 202 201 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 163 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 201 119% 164 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)	64.5% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.8 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 63%

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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%

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Workstation 36%

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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	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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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