Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.4% 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	163% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 03:03
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 180 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 390 52% 392 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6178) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.7 84% 105 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 102 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 542 664 689 687 686 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 660 Write 638 Mixed 638 SusWrite 600 143% 634 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.5 214% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 732 DQ Mixed 1,013 690% 841 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 288%
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 181GB free Firmware: 320ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 187 200 207 227 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 294 Mixed 296 SusWrite 204 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 44.9 170% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 236 188% 264 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 92%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 109 117 117 112 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 48.8 Write 98.7 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 112 58% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 68%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 179 181 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 192 Mixed 111 SusWrite 179 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 342% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992069 (997069) 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1314 992069 (997069) 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,127 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	1,220x
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 $295	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