Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.5% 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	105% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '23 at 17:52
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

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 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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 234 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 606 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3231) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.79 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.5% Excellent	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 120 Parallax 106 81% 109 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 101 Splatting 89.9 79% 98 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 276 297 299 283 298 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 445 Mixed 339 SusWrite 288 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 51.9 172% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L7 256GB 4,594 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 231GB free Firmware: EXT09L6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 253 254 254 253 254 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 458 Write 257 Mixed 182 SusWrite 246 63% 286 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 30.3 132% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 81.1 122% 232 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 128 129 130 130 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 126 Mixed 112 SusWrite 127 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	57	60	24"	1280 720	BNQ7F05 BenQ XL2420T

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,229x
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	70x

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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16