Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	142% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '19 at 17:29
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 89.9 2-Core 180 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 659 66% 536 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 61.1 52% 65 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 60.9 Splatting 55.9 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 326 96 162 97 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 728 Write 653 Mixed 598 SusWrite 194 122% 543 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 71.8 244% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 636 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 269 286% 476 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 255%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 665GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 551 743 729 768 768 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 669 Write 857 Mixed 450 SusWrite 643 148% 655 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.7 151% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 574 DQ Mixed 283 246% 352 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 372%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 845GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 171 171 170 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 134 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 168 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 108%
HP External HDD 999GB 996 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 642GB free, PID 4607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 31 SusWrite 38.5 48% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 4x8GB 587 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,218x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	396x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	479x
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 $109Bench 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	96x

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Total price: $817

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