Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '23 at 22:01
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	PSE-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 532 57% 454 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 873C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 84.6 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 81.9 69% 84.8 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 76.1 Splatting 70.1 69% 86.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PH6-CE240-L2 240GB 238 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: F/W:1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 79 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 391 Write 124 Mixed 370 SusWrite 123 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 34.4 124% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 203 179% 265 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 356GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 116 167 165 168 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 76.4 Mixed 50 SusWrite 157 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 0420 F3-10666CL9-4GBNT 8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 50%

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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	71	60	60	23"	1920 1017	KTC2304 23L11-H-ES

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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	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	635x
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	199x

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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16