Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics122% 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 Drive119% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 21 '19 at 23:26
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (57th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 93.6
1-Core 110
2-Core 219
81% 141 Pts
4-Core 366
8-Core 554
57% 460 Pts
64-Core 610
38% 610 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 149
Parallax 135
142% 153 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 136
Splatting 108
97% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 122%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135
88GB free (System drive)
Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 217 209 206 202 202 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 601
Write 614
Mixed 446
SusWrite 215
105% 469 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 51.7
182% 64.4 MB/s
DQ Read 656
DQ Write 494
DQ Mixed 389
342% 513 MB/s
Poor: 86%
This bench: 119%
Great: 144%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 571 625 681 689 710 666 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
134% Outstanding
Read 926
Write 803
Mixed 371
SusWrite 657
154% 689 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 59.5
4K Mixed 32.7
113% 39.5 MB/s
DQ Read 402
DQ Write 558
DQ Mixed 400
324% 453 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 134%
Great: 541%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50
2TB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 167 168 165 168 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Read 137
Write 132
Mixed 29.2
SusWrite 166
84% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2.1
380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
67.1% Good
MC Read 24.6
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 20.7
67% 23.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.7
SC Write 22.3
SC Mixed 20.5
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 60.8
66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 72%

 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 3,121 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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