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Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	119% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '19 at 00:49
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	41%

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 i5-4690K-$43 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 194 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 375 47% 358 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Lighting 20.3 Reflection 16 Parallax 18.7 16% 18.3 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 19.6 Splatting 21 16% 18.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 287 291 291 293 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 439 Mixed 364 SusWrite 301 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 64.8 210% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Asus EHD-A1T 2TB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 19 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 19.3 18% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 79% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 64%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,272 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,272x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	671x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	424x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	506x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	210x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	207x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	167x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	79x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	146x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	102x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	101x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350