Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	111% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit barev, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 01:58
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 662 62% 517 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 88.4 Parallax 169 84% 120 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 117 Splatting 124 92% 109 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 296 279 278 265 248 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 465 Mixed 362 SusWrite 289 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.3 188% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 559GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 105 107 106 106 106 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 207 Write 203 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 106 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 114%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 233GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 73 75 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 87.2 Write 89.3 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 74.1 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 4,192 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 59%

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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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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,117 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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