Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics87.2% 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 Drive86.1% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 23 '16 at 20:02
Run Duration91 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 33%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Memory 95.4
1-Core 125
2-Core 250
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 694
68% 556 Pts
64-Core 696
43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 115
Parallax 96.9
90% 108 fps
MRender 96.9
Gravity 98
Splatting 100
81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7TN3Q-256G-1006 256GB
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X2180306 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
86.1% Excellent
Read 368
Write 347
Mixed 351
79% 355 MB/s
4K Read 28
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 23.5
126% 50.9 MB/s
DQ Read 317
DQ Write 271
DQ Mixed 14.6
87% 201 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 86.1%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4GBH1X04F1AA28-15 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
65.2% Good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 23.3
MC Mixed 18.8
63% 22.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 19.9
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 56
71% 56 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,117 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $817
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