Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.7% 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	62.4% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '22 at 23:10
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 477 63% 472 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4998) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 127 Parallax 113 85% 115 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 108 Splatting 94.2 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SB8U-128G-1006 128GB 1,947 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 102 83 88 91 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 440 Write 296 Mixed 233 SusWrite 95 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 31.2 110% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 43.3 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 161 109% 128 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 91%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 780GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 198 198 167 197 198 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 84.5 Write 135 Mixed 29.3 SusWrite 192 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 371% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.7% 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% 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.3% 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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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	1,227x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	636x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

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	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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