Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.3% 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	104% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '19 at 20:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 646 68% 547 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 110 Parallax 113 95% 113 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 104 Splatting 95 96% 122 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 280 124 139 140 134 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 478 Mixed 388 SusWrite 153 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 52.6 191% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 179 183% 297 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 74GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 400 403 403 405 404 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 460 Mixed 376 SusWrite 406 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 39 131% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 285 232% 330 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 410GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 161 158 160 160 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 178 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 159 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBSR Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBSR 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.8% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 9.6 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 64%

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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 3,121 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	1,218x
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 $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 $179	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