Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '22 at 17:08
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 443 62% 457 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1633 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32% Below average	Lighting 46.7 Reflection 44.3 Parallax 44.8 38% 45.3 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 45 Splatting 0.1 20% 28.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SB8U-128G-1006 128GB 1,947 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 105 83 82 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 429 Write 288 Mixed 294 SusWrite 102 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 42.1 154% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 46.7 43% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 91%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 888GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 199 203 203 196 198 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 49 Write 155 Mixed 30 SusWrite 198 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 24GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 72%

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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 3,154 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	1,232x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 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 $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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