Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	103% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '19 at 10:58
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 214 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 553 55% 450 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$65 11,104 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 521 270 120 126 108 109 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 548 Write 485 Mixed 503 SusWrite 209 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48.1 167% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 487 DQ Mixed 212 209% 326 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 125%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 50GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 86 85 85 86 84 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 144 Write 115 Mixed 130 SusWrite 86.4 27% 119 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 30.9 121% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 65.6 63% 99.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 73%
Reeinno ST960GB S4S3 960GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 317GB free Firmware: R0822A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 318 52 53 60 52 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 11% Great: 13%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 439GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 70 70 65 60 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 88.5 Write 91.2 Mixed 58 SusWrite 65.2 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB 2,772 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 24.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 104%

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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	1,218x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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