Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	99.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '19 at 18:07
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 275 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 714 78% 616 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2790 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 159 Parallax 149 117% 151 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 143 Splatting 116 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 321 314 308 287 231 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 308 Mixed 307 SusWrite 297 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 35.3 152% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 250 214% 316 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 47GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 271 271 271 271 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 481 Mixed 353 SusWrite 286 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 57.3 207% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 223 206% 317 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 118%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 447GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 146 146 145 146 144 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 180 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 145 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 108%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 150GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 120 120 121 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 106 Write 83.5 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 120 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.1 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 25.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.8% 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 3,119 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	1,217x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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