Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '21 at 16:04
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 85.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 438 58% 435 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 121 Parallax 140 116% 134 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 137 Splatting 108 113% 142 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$51 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 52 1.1 64 24 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 411 Write 297 Mixed 166 SusWrite 49.4 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 17.2 62% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 89.2 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 43.8 43% 69 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 55%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 119GB free Firmware: 5.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 192 183 190 192 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 324 Write 243 Mixed 254 SusWrite 188 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.4 162% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 207 160% 217 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 104 Write 112 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 109 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	51.9% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 62%

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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	1,229x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16