Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% 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	126% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	14 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '19 at 07:10
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 77.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 196 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 267 37% 273 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 5.92 Parallax 4.5 3% 4.83 fps	MRender 7.05 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.35 5% 5.58 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 109% 134 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 409 410 350 387 348 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 582 Mixed 434 SusWrite 395 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 55.2 162% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 710 DQ Write 614 DQ Mixed 839 580% 721 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 463GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 170 168 172 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 153 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 171 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.3% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.8 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12.6 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 85.3 47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.3% 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%

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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Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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