Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	86.4% 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 Drive	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (74%). 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	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '19 at 19:27
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47% Average	Memory 65 1-Core 68 2-Core 114 50% 82.5 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 242 25% 200 Pts	64-Core 283 18% 283 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 121 Parallax 111 89% 114 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 110 Splatting 90.9 81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 257 267 271 280 209 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 293 Write 390 Mixed 224 SusWrite 253 66% 290 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 35.5 4K Mixed 15.9 58% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 174 150% 218 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 107%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 39GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 235 253 243 266 183 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.6% Above average	Read 283 Write 247 Mixed 243 SusWrite 231 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 12.8 58% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 182 159% 239 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 125%
WD WD10EURS-630AB1 1TB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 773GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 67 67 68 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 98.7 Write 100 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 66.6 63% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 158 158 165 160 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 96 Write 142 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 157 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 8.7 25% 8.63 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 73%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,217x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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