Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 18:49
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 199 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 388 48% 366 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 84.7 76% 89.5 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 80 Splatting 72.1 70% 87.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 301 Write 121 Mixed 286 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 10.6 94% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 30 DQ Mixed 22.3 43% 92.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
Samsung MZYLF128HCHP-000L2 128GB 3,311 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 48GB free Firmware: FXT63L1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 134 135 134 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 416 Write 132 Mixed 164 SusWrite 132 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 22.3 85% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 41.4 DQ Mixed 57.7 55% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	66.9% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 24.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 89%

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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	1,217x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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