Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics85.5% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory26GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 26GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory22.8 GB free of 26 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150421
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateJun 05 '17 at 21:19
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
79.9% Very good
Memory 87.5
1-Core 111
2-Core 219
79% 139 Pts
4-Core 390
8-Core 594
61% 492 Pts
64-Core 590
36% 590 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 110
Parallax 95.1
89% 105 fps
MRender 91.7
Gravity 97.5
Splatting 97.2
78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
788GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC4G
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
81.7% Excellent
Read 122
Write 163
Mixed 138
106% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.23
4K Mixed 0.31
91% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 81.7%
Great: 114%
Maxtor OneTouch 2TB
751GB free, PID 7300
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
22.2% Poor
Read 40.8
Write 40.8
Mixed 35.3
50% 39 MB/s
4K Read 0.83
4K Write 2.34
4K Mixed 0.26
91% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 22.2%
Great: 24%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0118 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1311 M2X2G64CB88G7N-DG 26GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 2048 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
54.8% Above average
MC Read 20
MC Write 20.5
MC Mixed 15.6
53% 18.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 17.9
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 70
57% 70 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 54.8%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,133 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $817
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