Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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.
Boot Drive	112% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 06:39
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 758 80% 638 Pts	64-Core 753 47% 753 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2790 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 159 Parallax 137 117% 147 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 144 Splatting 118 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 320 316 310 294 230 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 324 Mixed 324 SusWrite 298 82% 365 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 44.8 189% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 251 215% 316 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 400GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 389 393 395 400 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 495 Mixed 458 SusWrite 393 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 67.5 234% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 231GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 272 273 272 272 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 300 Mixed 342 SusWrite 285 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 60.9 218% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 235 211% 320 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 293GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 120 121 121 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 114 Write 135 Mixed 38 SusWrite 120 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 108%
Seagate M3 2TB 1,454 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 240GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 108 110 109 107 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 86.5 Write 98 Mixed 95 SusWrite 107 72% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 25.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 72%

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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%

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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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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