Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.5% 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	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '21 at 15:59
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 602 59% 483 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.5% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 50.3 49% 62.9 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 55.4 51% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 92 105 111 106 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 238 Write 133 Mixed 198 SusWrite 104 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 42.6 155% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 119 93% 128 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 6GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 93 94 94 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 92.3 Mixed 65 SusWrite 91.1 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 39: 2R 7G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
39%	45%	38	309	228	60	24"	1920 1080	SAM0B43 S24D300

History: Score 17: 2R 1G 4B | Score 39: 2R 7G 8B

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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	1,217x
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