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Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	42.6% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	12.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '21 at 10:00
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$43 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 395 55% 405 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 83B4) 1GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Lighting 17.1 Reflection 24.4 Parallax 16.4 14% 19.3 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 17.1 16% 20.6 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 525ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 69 66 69 73 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 128 Write 107 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 71 22% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 24.3 93% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 96.5 DQ Mixed 92.8 72% 99.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 73%
Toshiba MK6476GSX 640GB-$299 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 190GB free Firmware: GS001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 63 62 64 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 11.5 Write 13.5 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 62.4 18% 24.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D18ADS3.16FE 2x8GB 2,913 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 22.6 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 72%

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,274 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,274x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	671x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	424x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	507x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	210x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	207x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	167x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	79x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	72x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	146x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	102x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	101x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350