Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 11:14
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 209 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 352 49% 365 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 79%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 67.1 Reflection 62.1 Parallax 83.2 55% 70.8 fps	MRender 62.6 Gravity 60 Splatting 80.5 57% 67.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 52%
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Asus(1043 835D) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 17 Parallax 13 11% 14.5 fps	MRender 20.5 Gravity 14.6 Splatting 16.8 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 240GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 18 43 26 102 5.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 407 Write 208 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 91.3 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 1 30% 10 MB/s	DQ Read 21.2 DQ Write 5.5 DQ Mixed 5.5 6% 10.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 87%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 71GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 311 295 284 252 291 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 416 Write 318 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 288 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 8.7 44% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 19.2 DQ Mixed 18 14% 19.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 56%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 799GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 107 104 104 104 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 48.7 Write 33.3 Mixed 38 SusWrite 101 41% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	399x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $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	97x

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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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