Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	145% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago, 12 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '23 at 19:14
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 546 58% 460 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 C978) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.61 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.6% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 83.1 Parallax 89.2 82% 91.1 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 64.7 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 254 286 299 303 304 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 705 Write 622 Mixed 639 SusWrite 279 126% 561 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 66.2 216% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 820 589% 757 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 340%
Crucial MTFDBAK256MAG-1G1 256GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 88GB free Firmware: 0005 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 142 150 154 150 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 260 Write 202 Mixed 210 SusWrite 145 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 13.7 98% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 31 65% 132 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 58%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 595GB free Firmware: GK0KA9CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 29 32 34 35 34 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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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	1,227x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

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	161x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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