Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.6% 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	62.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '19 at 22:48
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 434 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2061) ≥ 4GB; NVIDIA EVGA GEFORGE RTX 2060 XC BLACK EDITION GAMING 6GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 112 Parallax 117 95% 115 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 80 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 85 74 68 60 50 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 446 Write 78.3 Mixed 106 SusWrite 69.2 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 20.9 109% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 85.2 DQ Mixed 48.3 71% 139 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 651GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 173 179 178 176 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 157 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 176 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x8GB 3,774 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.6 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 65%

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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