Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.3% 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	82.7% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '22 at 00:16
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	66.9% Good	Memory 61.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 240 73% 138 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 428 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.15% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 2.1 Parallax 5.5 3% 3.67 fps	MRender 6.5 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.2 4% 4.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.15% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 162 Parallax 147 104% 146 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 120 Splatting 104 90% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 279 208 212 200 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 341 Write 289 Mixed 248 SusWrite 241 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 37.3 127% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 218 194% 294 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 129%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 79GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 171 179 155 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.6% Very good	Read 354 Write 217 Mixed 276 SusWrite 173 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 39 146% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 226 168% 222 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 336GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 81 81 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 101 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 81.8 63% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 14 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 123 32% 123 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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	1,227x
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	69x

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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16