Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.9% 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	92.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '23 at 14:16
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 230 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 409 52% 394 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 105 86% 107 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 105 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 194 191 181 179 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 418 Mixed 378 SusWrite 189 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 41.7 154% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 129%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 285 277 287 287 280 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 322 Write 247 Mixed 114 SusWrite 281 54% 241 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 1.2 11% 4.43 MB/s	DQ Read 4.7 DQ Write 9.1 DQ Mixed 4.3 4% 6.03 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 541%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 23GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 55 56 56 55 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 58.9 Write 65.4 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 54.8 75% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 903 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 24.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 110%

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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	1,218x
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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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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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