Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.2% 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	175% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 22:57
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

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)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 731 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 106 Parallax 93.9 81% 99.6 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 93 Splatting 77 70% 86.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 369GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9523 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2858 (B1) Unknown 98 98 66 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 53 (EB) Unknown 99 99 411 (F1) Unknown 99 99 50650635813	114% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 500 Mixed 511 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 32.1 157% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 104 144% 267 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11657 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3513 (B1) Unknown 97 97 108 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 95 95 5036 (EB) Unknown 99 99 603 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31808030127	109% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 446 Mixed 498 109% 489 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 29.7 154% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 93 138% 261 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 116%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 732 Write 658 Mixed 721 157% 704 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 73.2 255% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 658 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 284 296% 488 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 353%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 94.9 Write 79.5 Mixed 78 105% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 52%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 881GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 107 144% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GB 9,823 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.9% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 61%

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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 $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 $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