Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% 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 Drive	57% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '21 at 16:02
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 631 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 642 40% 642 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 114 Parallax 104 87% 108 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 105 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 130 113 116 113 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 138 Write 172 Mixed 151 SusWrite 120 33% 145 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 31.3 120% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 153 119% 162 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 470 470 471 474 478 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 479 Mixed 407 SusWrite 471 105% 464 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53 184% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 130%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 313GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 117 116 116 116 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 104 Write 104 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 116 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.9 183% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 160GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 110 111 110 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 97 Write 88.7 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 110 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 1,183 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 24.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	24	337	269	60	27"	2560 1440	MSI3FA7 MSI MAG271CQR

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $177	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