Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics75.8% 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 Drive156% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160303
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJan 24 '21 at 15:35
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 96.1
1-Core 135
2-Core 261
92% 164 Pts
4-Core 415
8-Core 728
69% 572 Pts
64-Core 727
45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
Asus(1043 86A6) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.8% Very good
Lighting 97.3
Reflection 97
Parallax 89.6
79% 94.6 fps
MRender 92.5
Gravity 88.4
Splatting 75.5
69% 85.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 555 448 410 412 412 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
156% Outstanding
Read 691
Write 601
Mixed 538
SusWrite 469
129% 575 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 64.5
219% 77.9 MB/s
DQ Read 779
DQ Write 626
DQ Mixed 934
636% 780 MB/s
Poor: 152%
This bench: 156%
Great: 302%
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30
60GB free
Firmware: Q0125A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 48 47 39 50 48 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Read 462
Write 411
Mixed 391
SusWrite 63.8
74% 332 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 37.5
146% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 91.9
DQ Mixed 46.5
51% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
48.6% Average
MC Read 14.5
MC Write 18.5
MC Mixed 13.5
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 16.5
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 53.6
75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,119 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $817
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