Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.1% 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	175% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '20 at 18:12
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 622 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.4 39% 49 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 61.8 48% 59 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 892GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 537 543 530 540 557 554 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 636 Write 567 Mixed 546 SusWrite 543 129% 573 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 85.9 272% 94.7 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 619 DQ Mixed 886 612% 760 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 410%
OCZ Vertex 3 480GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 98GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 185 181 170 175 198 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 399 Write 208 Mixed 239 SusWrite 184 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 16.3 4K Mixed 18.7 69% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 77.5 68% 104 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 68%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 88GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 77 78 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 80 Write 77.5 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 77.2 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 65%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 64GB-$8 1,208 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 28GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 38 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 91.2 Write 38.2 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 38.6 67% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%

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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	1,218x
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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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