Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive61% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140530
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateApr 10 '24 at 16:17
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 14%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 96.6
1-Core 119
2-Core 226
85% 147 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 657
67% 544 Pts
64-Core 654
40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02
Performing below potential (56th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 139
Parallax 127
107% 132 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 126
Splatting 116
97% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 583ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 130 128 127 130 129 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
61% Good
Read 284
Write 201
Mixed 215
SusWrite 126
46% 207 MB/s
4K Read 22.8
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 27.7
115% 44.9 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 194
DQ Mixed 145
114% 155 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 61%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
78.3% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 25
78% 27.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 25.1
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 50.7
79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 7: 0P 0R 2G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
7% 7% 42 183 6 144 23.5" 1920 1080 VSC36AF VX2458 Series
Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $817
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