Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	147% 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	70.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	14.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '22 at 21:57
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 198 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 558 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$600 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% EVGA(3842 3785) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 205 Reflection 247 Parallax 184 167% 212 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 163 Splatting 131 144% 183 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 146 152 128 87 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 314 Write 213 Mixed 234 SusWrite 122 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 35.8 139% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 164 127% 171 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 85%
Kingston SNVS1000G 1TB 18,978 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 257GB free Firmware: S8B40103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 519 613 625 626 626 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 662 Write 610 Mixed 573 SusWrite 553 135% 599 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 24.2 148% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 508 DQ Mixed 359 332% 515 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 246%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 374GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 137 145 144 141 139 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 77.8 Write 75.1 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 137 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 83%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 221GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 85 88 105 90 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 60.6 Write 62.9 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 89.4 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.8% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 56%

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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	1,219x
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 $179	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