Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '20 at 22:48
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 397 54% 404 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Lighting 93.8 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 0.09 76% 59.2 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 72.6 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 16 8.3 22 179 168 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 441 Write 358 Mixed 289 SusWrite 77.5 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 39.7 4K Mixed 19.3 74% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 34.8 45% 82 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$22 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 373GB free Firmware: JC66 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 122 122 122 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 66 SusWrite 121 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 24GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 62%

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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	1,234x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	642x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	403x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	98x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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