Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	83.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '21 at 02:02
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 640 65% 527 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 140 Parallax 142 106% 137 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 141 Splatting 117 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKF180H6H 180GB 517 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF034N SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 135 72 67 78 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 478 Write 438 Mixed 400 SusWrite 95.4 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 45.1 146% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 245 194% 270 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 89GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 236 210 212 235 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 466 Mixed 366 SusWrite 239 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.7 195% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 228 206% 312 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 139 139 136 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 141 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 136 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 328GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 129 128 126 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 151 Write 150 Mixed 53 SusWrite 127 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 130% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 108%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 158 158 157 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 92.8 SusWrite 156 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-054.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 32GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.4 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 55: 5R 7G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
55%	32%	65	278	217	144	23.8"	1920 1080	AUS24AF ASUS VP249

History: Score 43: 3R 5G 13B | Score 55: 5R 7G 9B

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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 $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