Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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	16.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '24 at 23:40
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 85.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 645 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1518 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 119 Parallax 106 84% 109 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.4 80% 98.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
IR-SSDPR-S25A-240 240GB 1,611 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 489 Write 394 Mixed 354 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 33.2 133% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 8.7 82% 193 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 102%
Liteon IT SCS-256L9S 256GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 159GB free Firmware: RC80207 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 352 402 357 408 370 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 418 Mixed 276 SusWrite 344 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 35.8 130% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 206 192% 299 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 102%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 515GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 100 101 102 99 102 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 77 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 96.9 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2133C11 Kingston 99U5584-009.A00LF 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2133C11 20GB 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.7% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 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	71	59	60	23.8"	1280 720	LEN65CF L24q-10

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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	1,233x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	642x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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