Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94% 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	98% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '20 at 02:52
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 627 68% 541 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 129 Parallax 110 99% 120 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 119 Splatting 99.6 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,962 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN059 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 286 282 292 294 281 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 301 Mixed 258 SusWrite 284 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 44.3 157% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 152 154% 248 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 235GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 150 152 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 176 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 151 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 113%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 244GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 112 108 110 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 72 SusWrite 111 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 99U5584-005.A00LF Hynix HMT451U6AFR8C-PB 16GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,122 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	1,219x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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