Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '23 at 15:46
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	70% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 201 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 339 42% 322 Pts	64-Core 330 20% 330 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.1% Poor	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 39.6 Parallax 36.1 29% 37 fps	MRender 36.3 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 25.9 27% 33.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 51,051 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 184GB free Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 524 445 370 403 400 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 627 Write 584 Mixed 576 SusWrite 441 125% 557 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 47.1 152% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 704 DQ Write 539 DQ Mixed 604 456% 616 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 300%
WD WD10EURS-630AB1 1TB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 46 63 77 82 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 97.1 Write 91.2 Mixed 71 SusWrite 70.5 61% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 316 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 9: 0P 1R 0G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
9%	29%	17	216	59	75	18.9"	1280 720	DELF003 DELL SE198WFP

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16