Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.8% 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 Drive134% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160303
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 24 '17 at 17:03
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 120
2-Core 243
85% 151 Pts
4-Core 474
8-Core 659
71% 566 Pts
64-Core 663
41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 114
Parallax 98.4
89% 107 fps
MRender 97.7
Gravity 101
Splatting 101
82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
318GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
134% Outstanding
Read 717
Write 531
Mixed 554
133% 600 MB/s
4K Read 52
4K Write 88.6
4K Mixed 50.9
191% 63.9 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 266
DQ Mixed 142
155% 262 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 134%
Great: 254%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132
71GB free
Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Read 482
Write 183
Mixed 260
68% 308 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 20.9
132% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 258
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 11.8
69% 160 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83
126GB free
Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 117
Write 129
Mixed 106
88% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 2.07
4K Mixed 0.34
100% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
51.7% Above average
MC Read 18.1
MC Write 18.4
MC Mixed 15.7
50% 17.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 18.6
SC Mixed 17.2
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 67
60% 67 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 51.7%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,134 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $817
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