Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '19 at 14:09
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 245 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 636 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 110% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAK256MBFZ 256GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 434 389 297 270 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 462 Mixed 370 SusWrite 352 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 46.2 165% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 258 218% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%
Samsung MZ7LF120HCHP-000L1 120GB 3,932 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 5GB free Firmware: FXT03L0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 464 Write 116 Mixed 134 51% 238 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 19.6 83% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 28.6 DQ Mixed 39 44% 78.5 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 39GB free Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 187 188 188 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 161 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 187 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16