Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	10.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 23:14
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 77.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 180 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 518 55% 438 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.9% Very good	Lighting 90.6 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 83.7 74% 90.5 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 88.5 71% 86.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 62 61 65 67 68 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.7% Average	Read 163 Write 104 Mixed 150 SusWrite 67 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 25.4 100% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 74.8 71% 109 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 80%
Maxtor 6L160M0 240GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 131GB free Firmware: SBFA12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 96 97 48 85 80 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 398 Write 123 Mixed 332 SusWrite 120 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 29.3 117% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 205 186% 282 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 24%
Kingston SKC600512G 512GB 5,390 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 72GB free Firmware: S4500104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 375 397 399 412 399 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 440 Write 14.3 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 389 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 11.7 4K Mixed 16.1 95% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 267 217% 309 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 130%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 414 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 148GB free, PID 1018 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 41 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 40.7 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 41.1 54% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	43.8% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 62%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
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 $94Bench 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	97x

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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 $177	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