Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '20 at 15:40
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 below expectations (39^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 552 54% 444 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 112 Parallax 93.4 84% 103 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 89.7 75% 91.8 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 205 198 203 194 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 385 Write 411 Mixed 332 SusWrite 220 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 42.1 143% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 831GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 191 194 191 189 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 76.5 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 191 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 72%

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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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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 $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