Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% 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 (87%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '24 at 06:16
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 398 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 1522) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 117 Parallax 122 102% 121 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 101 Splatting 87.3 87% 109 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PC SN740 NVMe WD 256GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 207% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 73103012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 569 833 916 917 820 351 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1261 Write 1,083 Mixed 1,086 SusWrite 734 234% 1,041 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 62.8 220% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 951 DQ Write 1,099 DQ Mixed 845 686% 965 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 338%
Transcend TS64GMTS400I 64GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 59GB free Firmware: P1225CH1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 106 107 106 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 462 Write 106 Mixed 163 SusWrite 105 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 38.7 140% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 111 94% 138 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 240GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 143 143 141 141 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 119 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 140 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 26.7 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 81 49% 81 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	67	53	60	23.8"	1280 720	DELA0C4 DELL P2416D

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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	1,222x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	634x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	482x
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	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	137x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16