Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '21 at 13:53
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 110 2-Core 202 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 556 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Lighting 92.2 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 82.9 75% 88.1 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 71.9 70% 88.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 31 66 45 76 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 389 Write 128 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 58.8 35% 161 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 23.4 126% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 56 66% 117 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 92%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 170GB free Firmware: 233010WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 667 573 335 340 342 341 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 648 Write 617 Mixed 616 SusWrite 433 130% 579 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 55 200% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 761 DQ Write 691 DQ Mixed 840 599% 764 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 276%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 761GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 90.2 122% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/8GX 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	32.4% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 50%

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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	1,229x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	637x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	401x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
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 $90Bench 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 $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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