Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.6% 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	80.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '19 at 19:38
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 178 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 562 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.6% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 106 Parallax 104 83% 104 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 96.6 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 197 189 189 198 189 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 414 Write 316 Mixed 301 SusWrite 203 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 37.3 127% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 117 129% 213 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 153GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 107 106 105 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 96 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 106 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 69%
WD WD7500AAVS-00D7B0 750GB 1,285 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 662GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 77 75 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 70 Write 72.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 75.2 48% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 50%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 523GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 97 99 99 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 89.7 Write 87.5 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 98.5 110% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL7-4GBRH 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBXH 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBRH 0420 F3-10666CL7-4GBXH 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	43.5% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 53%

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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%

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,221x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	399x

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 $269	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 $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 $40	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