Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

21 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '22 at 23:16
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 377 54% 395 Pts	64-Core 406 25% 406 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 1F08) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.96 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 113 Parallax 116 101% 117 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 106 Splatting 95.4 90% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 494 Write 475 Mixed 365 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 54.7 184% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 242GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 139 138 139 138 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 128 Write 125 Mixed 28.9 SusWrite 136 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 107%
Generic Flash Disk 1TB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 912GB free, PID 7777 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 8.9 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.77% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 6.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 8.7 11% 9.62 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.77% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 78%

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,130 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	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	137x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16