Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	84% 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 19:43
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 87.3 2-Core 176 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 277 8-Core 378 41% 328 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 16 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 5.09 13% 18.4 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 6.53 Splatting 33.2 15% 16.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 247 252 247 243 239 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 362 Write 349 Mixed 307 SusWrite 249 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 38.6 122% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 352 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 129%
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 177GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 247 259 253 247 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 374 Write 327 Mixed 307 SusWrite 245 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 32 108% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 290 228% 314 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 114%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 83GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 257 260 255 248 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 296 Write 236 Mixed 154 SusWrite 256 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 16.6 76% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 337 229% 277 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 170 171 171 167 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 165 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 168 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 75 76 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 139 Write 128 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 75.5 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 5,391 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.5 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.7% 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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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	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	634x
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	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16