Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	86.1% 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '19 at 22:56
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 642 70% 557 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 106 86% 107 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 96.2 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 193 199 193 203 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 434 Write 326 Mixed 306 SusWrite 205 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 41.3 148% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 148 136% 204 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 153GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 107 108 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 103 Write 92.8 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 108 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 69%
WD WD7500AAVS-00D7B0 750GB 1,285 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 662GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 77 77 75 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 72.2 Write 70 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 76.2 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 50%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 523GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 99 100 99 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 88.2 Write 90.2 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 98.9 111% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL7-4GBRH 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBXH 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBRH 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBXH 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.3% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 53%

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,144 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,228x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16