Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	33.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '21 at 18:43
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 454 59% 445 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 195 Parallax 186 145% 186 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 186 Splatting 0.2 77% 107 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 107 66 57 36 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 459 Write 405 Mixed 9.4 SusWrite 85.7 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.3 39% 9.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 100%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 203GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 302 395 405 420 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 170 Mixed 270 SusWrite 368 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 48.3 170% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 280 231% 332 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 119%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 121 121 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 120 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 1,380 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 24.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 80%

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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	1,217x
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