Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88% 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	90% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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, 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '19 at 19:05
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 626 65% 520 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.7% 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: 19.2.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 87.4 Parallax 174 86% 122 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 116 Splatting 129 93% 110 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 236 189 161 171 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 476 Write 466 Mixed 357 SusWrite 207 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 40.5 141% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 306 236% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 502GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 182 178 185 187 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 148 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 184 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 274GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 93 94 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.8 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 94.5 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 185% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.6% 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 @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 59%

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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%

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