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Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '22 at 22:34
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$59 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 373 51% 377 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 851A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 60.1 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 61.8 49% 63.5 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 53.9 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 292 292 293 288 271 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 460 Mixed 377 SusWrite 289 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 52.4 175% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 363 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WDC PC SN540 SDDPNPF-512G-1032 512GB 2,299 User benchmarks, average bench 214% 119GB free Firmware: 33006000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 536 567 585 578 491 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 646 Write 568 Mixed 580 SusWrite 525 130% 580 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 57.8 189% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 693 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 596 448% 602 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 267%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 131GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 90 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 74.5 Write 56.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 89.7 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.5% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 63%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,227 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	1,258x
Core i5-4690KIntel $59Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	660x
Core i7-4790Intel $80Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	416x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	502x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	205x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	204x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	163x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	78x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	71x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	141x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	101x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	100x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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