Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 128 2-Core 216 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 671 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 189 Parallax 173 139% 177 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 172 Splatting 120 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 196 218 226 213 203 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 400 Write 259 Mixed 285 SusWrite 211 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 41.1 156% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 237 174% 228 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 91%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 25GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 720 Write 620 Mixed 633 147% 658 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 76.4 252% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 956 655% 805 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 46GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 48 48 48 48 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 62 Write 61 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 48.2 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 135GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 125 127 127 106 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 100 Write 108 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 122 71% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 205% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 75%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 124GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 96 135 118 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 101 Write 109 Mixed 32 SusWrite 110 64% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.1 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 24.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

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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%

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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	1,232x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

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

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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	97x

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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16