Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.5% 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	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (38%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '18 at 16:18
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 85.8 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 151 66% 109 Pts	4-Core 250 8-Core 364 38% 307 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 119 Parallax 119 100% 120 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 117 Splatting 93.8 99% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 130 137 131 129 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 441 Write 181 Mixed 211 SusWrite 131 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 31.2 135% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 180 153% 232 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 192GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 179 180 179 182 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 175 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 179 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
Adata DashDrive Elite UE700 32GB-$20 231 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 18GB free, PID de7a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 41 41 42 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 41 Write 40 Mixed 38 SusWrite 40.5 54% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 38% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 0423 Vulcan-1600 1315 BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 0423 Vulcan-1600 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.2% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 60%

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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	1,217x
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 $184	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) $35	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