Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit färger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	25.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 19:01
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 1.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.1% Average	Memory 62 1-Core 40.2 2-Core 69.6 38% 57.3 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 179 19% 150 Pts	64-Core 204 13% 204 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67.9 63% 74.2 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 72.6 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 126 104 99 93 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 293 Write 199 Mixed 242 SusWrite 109 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 47.1 158% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 164 167% 272 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 118%
Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 2TB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 536GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 112 96 140 146 147 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 147 Write 138 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 131 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	1,227x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	636x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	400x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	484x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	138x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16