Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.1% 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	106% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 19:21
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 117 2-Core 221 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 585 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.9.1 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 139 Parallax 197 97% 152 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 124 Splatting 92.9 89% 111 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 578 556 558 399 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 626 Write 610 Mixed 611 SusWrite 445 129% 573 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 37.7 138% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 216 168% 239 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 253%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 135GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 255 247 238 308 359 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 505 Write 398 Mixed 413 SusWrite 276 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 22.7 94% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 71.6 DQ Mixed 48.5 63% 118 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 92%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 266 257 252 321 376 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 485 Write 406 Mixed 381 SusWrite 288 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 23.6 4K Mixed 28.9 108% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 66.9 DQ Mixed 125 117% 191 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 427GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 43 47 47 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 38.7 Mixed 33.6 SusWrite 46 35% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 68%
WD My Passport 0740 500GB 3,483 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 175GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 59 58 57 60 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 71.7 Write 69 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 57.2 82% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 36%
WD My Passport 25E1 4TB 827 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 106 103 100 105 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 125 Write 99.1 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 102 130% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.7 266% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C9-8GXH 0420 F3-2133C10-8GXM 0420 F3-2133C9-8GXH 0420 F3-2133C10-8GXM 32GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.7 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 22 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	27.5"	1280 720	SAM0D6F U28E570

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,117 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,217x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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