Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	97.2% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '19 at 01:03
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 96.5 2-Core 195 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 326 47% 345 Pts	64-Core 342 21% 342 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 103 88% 107 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 99.8 80% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 240GB 5,968 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 379 394 398 401 399 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 397 Mixed 304 SusWrite 389 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 33.6 127% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 160 169% 278 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 807GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 183 182 178 184 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 173 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 180 113% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 254GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 102 98 102 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 100 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	55.6% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 63%

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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