Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	145% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '21 at 20:37
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 655 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 150 Parallax 137 111% 141 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 142 Splatting 125 106% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$88 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 474GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 590 632 112 83 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 709 Write 618 Mixed 569 SusWrite 314 124% 552 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 66.6 225% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 683 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 272 296% 498 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 295%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 184GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 386 360 29 28 193 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 492 Write 455 Mixed 404 SusWrite 210 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 82.7 4K Mixed 20.4 104% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 36.2 83% 164 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 184GB free Firmware: HP34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 132 132 133 133 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 132 Write 107 Mixed 77.6 SusWrite 131 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan-1600 0423 Vulcan-1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	23.5"	1280 720	IVM611D PLX2481H

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Gaming 42%

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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	1,232x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	641x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	402x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	486x
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	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16