Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.5% 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	118% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '19 at 14:47
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 581 62% 491 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 37.7 36% 37.5 fps	MRender 38.4 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 35.5 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 288 294 295 294 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 429 Mixed 351 SusWrite 307 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62 208% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 350 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 122%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 343GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 141 142 142 141 141 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 138 Write 134 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 142 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 108%
WD Purple Surveillance 1TB (2017)-$45 9,464 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 132GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 127 127 127 126 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 113 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 126 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 89%
Seagate USB 250GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 94GB free Firmware: 050B SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 126 126 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 110 Write 34.5 Mixed 66 SusWrite 126 62% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 60%

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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	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	634x
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	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16