Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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.
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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	40.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 21:41
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (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 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 below expectations (28^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 608 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 131 Parallax 130 108% 131 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 131 Splatting 99.8 69% 80.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM07.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4661 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1325 (A2) Unknown 100 100 17 (AA) Unknown 100 100 79 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11665647 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 256 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4986 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6041	40.7% Average	Read 429 Write 22.1 Mixed 247 50% 233 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 9.28 57% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 23.9 48% 94 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 706GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88919792 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4398323996 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7898 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2021 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 76 76 24 (BE) vendor-specific 77 54 437649431 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 318 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52317 (C2) HDA temperature 23 46 68719476759 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -64368674858339 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15051164768 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25507573726	102% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 166 Mixed 163 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
ST925031 5AS 250GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 233GB free, PID 70f5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 41.4 Write 41.8 Mixed 8.36 36% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.35 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax FLFG45F-D8KM9 2x8GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	47.4% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 59%

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

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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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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	136x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16