Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 03:24
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 202 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 346 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 345 21% 345 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 368E) 2GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 44 Parallax 39 38% 43.2 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 35.6 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 129 118 123 118 144 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.1% Good	Read 268 Write 204 Mixed 226 SusWrite 122 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 28.5 110% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 154 125% 176 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 526GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 172 171 171 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 171 Mixed 103 SusWrite 171 113% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 37 37 35 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 88.8 Write 31.3 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 36 37% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 74%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 825GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 106 106 105 106 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 108 Write 72 Mixed 59 SusWrite 104 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 3,428 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.8 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 63%

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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%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $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	136x
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 $273	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 $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 $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