Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	101% 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '18 at 11:51
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 442 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.6% Average	Lighting 61.5 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 58.5 50% 61.8 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 59 Splatting 52.3 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 269 299 300 259 279 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 362 Mixed 328 SusWrite 293 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44 160% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 195 175% 264 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 92GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 216 178 179 180 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 494 Mixed 386 SusWrite 215 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 42.6 164% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 205 191% 294 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 23 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,217x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	136x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	96x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16