Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.8% 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	25.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (28%). 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '20 at 15:20
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 513 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.1% 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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 60.7 56% 65.6 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 54 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 120 116 130 134 135 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.8% Poor	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 114 SusWrite 125 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 11.5 4K Mixed 7.1 25% 8.37 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 109 88% 125 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 129%
Crucial BX300 240GB-$43 7,269 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 199GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 241 296 218 214 224 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 445 Mixed 419 SusWrite 244 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.8 158% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 289 228% 314 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 114%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 83GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 276 276 275 265 268 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 428 Mixed 373 SusWrite 272 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 39 141% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 122 142% 246 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 173 173 171 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 168 Mixed 104 SusWrite 172 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 123 126 128 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 159 Write 138 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 125 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.6% 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 as expected (58^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56% 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	1,219x
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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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