Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	148% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 12:19
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 411 55% 412 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 874E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 74.1 Parallax 72.1 66% 75.7 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 74.4 Splatting 57.3 54% 66.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 235 238 232 238 234 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Read 716 Write 638 Mixed 631 SusWrite 246 125% 558 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 73.1 241% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 466 397% 587 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 271%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 33GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 170 162 142 132 135 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 490 Write 225 Mixed 202 SusWrite 150 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 31 116% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 123 121% 198 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 74GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 89 85 97 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 132 Write 133 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 97.8 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 133 135 133 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 120 Mixed 82 SusWrite 133 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,127 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,220x
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