Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.9% 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	151% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colori,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '19 at 22:25
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 548 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.9% Above average	Lighting 62 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 66.2 50% 65.3 fps	MRender 73.3 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 57.4 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 518 540 541 517 460 436 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 618 Write 514 Mixed 540 SusWrite 502 122% 543 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 72.4 204% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 616 DQ Mixed 767 553% 715 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 355%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 30GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 136 50 49 53 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 433 Write 287 Mixed 315 SusWrite 99 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 1.1 32% 9.83 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 1 66% 156 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 145GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 306 326 101 111 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 378 Write 312 Mixed 325 SusWrite 197 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 29.7 106% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 1.2 79% 186 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 100%
KingDian P10 120GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 94GB free, PID 0715 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 41 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 41.5 Write 40 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 40.9 46% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 12.5 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 8.4 638% 9.97 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 1.2 814% 11.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 216%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16 53% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 72%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,122 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	1,219x
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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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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16