Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 27 '19 at 07:28
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing below expectations (20^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Memory 57.1 1-Core 58.9 2-Core 154 50% 90 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 261 34% 254 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 82%

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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 3.7 Reflection 6.35 Parallax 5.06 3% 5.04 fps	MRender 5.19 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 7.43 4% 5.04 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 60.1 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 57.8 49% 59.6 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 55.9 Splatting 49.5 46% 56.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 35 41 40 41 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 330 Write 90.1 Mixed 96.7 SusWrite 38.7 30% 139 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 23.3 94% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 59.2 81% 157 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 981GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 83 92 111 89 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 146 Write 84.3 Mixed 71 SusWrite 84.3 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.7 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 5.4 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 136 29% 136 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
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 $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16