Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	157% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '21 at 20:32
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 81.2 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 216 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 661 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1563 MHz, MLim: 1907 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67% Good	Lighting 83.1 Reflection 95.2 Parallax 84.8 68% 87.7 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 81.7 Splatting 74.2 66% 80.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 66%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 504 570 566 571 556 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 610 Write 532 Mixed 527 SusWrite 543 125% 553 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 69.3 223% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 531 DQ Mixed 307 324% 540 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 295%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-4GNS 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-1600C11-4GNS 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 12.6 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 13.5 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 49%

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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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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,152 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,231x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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