Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.1% 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	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '21 at 17:31
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 479 58% 446 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 3500) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.1% Outstanding	Lighting 103 Reflection 143 Parallax 109 84% 118 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 139 Splatting 120 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 128GB-$130 4,476 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 229 262 254 265 259 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 471 Write 306 Mixed 236 SusWrite 249 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 29.8 87% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 69.5 DQ Mixed 127 109% 166 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 348GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 262 283 270 287 276 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 443 Mixed 358 SusWrite 270 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 43 147% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 161 137% 209 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 608GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 473 529 498 547 530 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 579 Mixed 609 SusWrite 502 134% 597 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 49.5 170% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 67.3 DQ Mixed 130 169% 326 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 372%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 800GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 121 117 120 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 117 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 23 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 85%

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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%	0	8	6	144	27"	1280 720	ACR0490 XB271HU

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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