Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.1% 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	76.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 01:21
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 115 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 592 64% 510 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 3.33 Reflection 5.88 Parallax 6.5 3% 5.24 fps	MRender 9.29 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.48 5% 6.41 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 118 Parallax 97.8 85% 107 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 106 83% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 134 145 147 156 134 MB/s Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	76.6% Very good	Read 285 Write 260 Mixed 243 SusWrite 144 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 37.8 152% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 183 149% 210 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 913GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 178 184 183 182 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 167 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 182 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -1 64GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 53GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 16 18 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 78 Write 39 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 18.4 42% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 37% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 42%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -3 64GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 37GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 19 16 14 20 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 88.5 Write 30.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 16.9 51% 44.6 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 2.2 130% 4.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 27%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 183GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 99 100 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 97.5 Write 96.8 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 99.8 109% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 60%

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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	1,219x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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