Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics151% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT  (all builds)
Memory8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150919
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 08 '19 at 03:29
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 99%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
74.6% Very good
Memory 94.1
1-Core 102
2-Core 198
77% 131 Pts
4-Core 298
8-Core 523
50% 411 Pts
64-Core 522
32% 522 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Gigabyte(1458 37B8) ≥ 4GB; GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Aorus Xtreme Waterforce 11Gb DDR6
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
151% Outstanding
Lighting 201
Reflection 229
Parallax 247
164% 226 fps
MRender 255
Gravity 221
Splatting 146
163% 207 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 151%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB0Q
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 454
Write 462
Mixed 330
93% 415 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 90.6
4K Mixed 50
166% 58.8 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 340
DQ Mixed 227
206% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
273GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 103 103 103 104 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
61.9% Good
Read 114
Write 111
Mixed 58
SusWrite 102
70% 96.2 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 61.9%
Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40
386GB free
Firmware: CR100-12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 77 78 78 78 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
40.6% Average
Read 63.8
Write 77.7
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 77.4
50% 67.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 40.6%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB
3 of 4 slots used
12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
49.2% Average
MC Read 16.3
MC Write 17.3
MC Mixed 15.3
47% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 15.7
SC Mixed 17.4
45% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 59.5
67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming GT Builds (Compare 176 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 89% - Excellent Total price: $813
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