Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.8% 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	68.4% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 23:29
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 190 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 487 53% 420 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.4 85% 103 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 99.3 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 103 53 49 39 37 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 462 Write 359 Mixed 118 SusWrite 68.6 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 35.2 119% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 111 104% 167 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 82%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 137GB free Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 413 412 408 406 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 474 Write 400 Mixed 387 SusWrite 385 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 23.5 111% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 33.8 85% 173 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 432GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 113 113 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 141 Write 127 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 113 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2133 2OZ 2x8GB 1,609 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.6% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.6 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 79%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,117 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	1,217x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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