Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	16.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '23 at 13:04
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 way below expectations (8^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 84 1-Core 109 2-Core 203 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 552 50% 420 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 C972) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 172 Parallax 163 148% 172 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 139 Splatting 119 118% 148 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SSDPR-PX500-512- 512GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.0.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 136 182 184 225 283 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 502 Write 184 Mixed 251 SusWrite 177 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 25.3 4K Mixed 11 51% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 51.7 76% 145 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 245%
Adata SU800 3TB 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 137 141 144 149 146 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 143 Write 126 Mixed 63 SusWrite 140 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.37 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-009.A00LF 0793 GR1600D364L11/8G 99U5584-009.A00LF 0793 GR1600D364L11/8G 24GB 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	54.2% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns

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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	58	60	24.1"	1280 720	PHL08CD PHL 240P4QPY

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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	1,228x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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