Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory26GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 26GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory23.3 GB free of 26 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150421
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 06 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Memory 89.3
1-Core 112
2-Core 218
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 391
8-Core 593
61% 492 Pts
64-Core 597
37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Lighting 112
Reflection 112
Parallax 96.9
92% 107 fps
MRender 94.2
Gravity 98.4
Splatting 99
80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: DXM01D0Q
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
98.9% Outstanding
Read 492
Write 456
Mixed 467
105% 472 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 106
4K Mixed 23.8
127% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 74.8
122% 236 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 98.9%
Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40
931GB free
Firmware: JP4OA3MA
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
78% Very good
Read 136
Write 136
Mixed 134
102% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.76
4K Write 1.52
4K Mixed 0.42
106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 78%
Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
790GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC4G
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Read 121
Write 152
Mixed 133
102% 135 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.16
4K Mixed 0.34
88% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0118 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1311 M2X2G64CB88G7N-DG 26GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 2048 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
56.8% Above average
MC Read 21
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 16.4
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 18.6
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,127 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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