Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% 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	93% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '19 at 21:36
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 274 91% 166 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 746 71% 588 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2039 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 109 87% 110 fps	MRender 98.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 101 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 425 372 343 343 342 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 451 Mixed 299 SusWrite 374 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 34.4 131% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 170 162% 252 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 102%
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 27GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 87 53 53 54 53 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 301 Write 248 Mixed 235 SusWrite 93 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 28.2 130% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 159 138% 199 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 88%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 18GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 17 17 17 17 18 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 42.5 Write 27 Mixed 22 SusWrite 17.3 34% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 5.9 526% 7.53 MB/s	DQ Read 9.3 DQ Write 9.4 DQ Mixed 6.6 579% 8.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.7% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 62%

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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	397x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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