Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	167% 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	120% 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.

Very high background CPU (60%). 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	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 21:02
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 432 40% 334 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan RTX-$1,484 2,418 User benchmarks, average bench 168% Nvidia(10DE 12A3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	167% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 212 Parallax 232 190% 226 fps	MRender 254 Gravity 219 Splatting 177 173% 216 fps
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 179%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 511 328 325 324 444 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 667 Write 351 Mixed 455 SusWrite 410 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 45.2 152% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 521 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 459 344% 461 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 236%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 188GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 47 37 34 30 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 87.2 Write 64.2 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 36.2 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 84% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAB Kingston 9905403-411.A00LF 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB Kingston 9905403-411.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 60%

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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%

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	1,219x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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