Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.9% 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 Drive78.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160303
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 15 '19 at 16:00
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User IRN-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 91.6
1-Core 130
2-Core 258
89% 160 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 654
69% 552 Pts
64-Core 666
41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.9% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 113
Parallax 107
88% 109 fps
MRender 95.9
Gravity 100
Splatting 101
81% 99 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O0803B5a
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 98 64 67 60 62 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
78.1% Very good
Read 467
Write 376
Mixed 367
SusWrite 94.2
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 62.6
4K Mixed 35.6
133% 44.7 MB/s
DQ Read 266
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 265
207% 282 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
287GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 114 114 114 113 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
65.4% Good
Read 114
Write 102
Mixed 54.7
SusWrite 113
70% 96.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.8
154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80
337GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 79 79 79 78 79 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
48% Average
Read 89
Write 87.6
Mixed 68.7
SusWrite 78
60% 80.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 48%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.4% Above average
MC Read 18.8
MC Write 18.7
MC Mixed 16.3
51% 17.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 18.1
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 64.7
62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 53.4%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,122 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $817
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