Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 19:59
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 508 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 80.3 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 70.9 65% 77.9 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 77.7 62% 75.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 510 Series 250GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: PWG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2235 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1231 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 65665 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0	53.2% Above average	Read 456 Write 302 Mixed 372 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 9.7 51% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.4 DQ Write 47.8 DQ Mixed 24.4 21% 29.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 65%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 36GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 684 Write 524 Mixed 555 131% 588 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 15.5 82% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 475 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 174 193% 330 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,062 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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