Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.5% 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)
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.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 13:22
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 229 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 399 58% 424 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% XFX(1682 9390) CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 60.5 Parallax 79.8 54% 68.9 fps	MRender 60.7 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 77.9 55% 65.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 52%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 458 Write 468 Mixed 368 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.7 189% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 230 209% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 35GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 157 130 169 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 463 Mixed 379 SusWrite 188 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.6 150% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 191 188% 298 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 95%
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 111GB free Firmware: 560ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 90 96 76 80 73 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.7% Good	Read 276 Write 130 Mixed 180 SusWrite 84.3 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 32.5 130% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 82.2 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 91.6 74% 102 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 357GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 135 135 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 124 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 134 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 3,130 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	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
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 i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16