Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 00:54
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 377 53% 392 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 64 54% 68.1 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 64.9 Splatting 60.7 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 181GB free Firmware: 320ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 215 218 185 223 225 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 389 Write 266 Mixed 265 SusWrite 202 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 41.1 150% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 250 192% 263 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 92%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 178 178 177 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 194 Mixed 108 SusWrite 176 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 356% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 107%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$72 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 81 77 91 67 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 91.5 Write 109 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 82.3 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992069 (997069) 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1314 992069 (997069) 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 61%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,119 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	1,217x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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