Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive43% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150421
Uptime2 Days
Run DateFeb 14 '20 at 00:08
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 96.7
1-Core 113
2-Core 221
83% 144 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 436
59% 441 Pts
64-Core 431
27% 431 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 164
Reflection 185
Parallax 197
134% 182 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 177
Splatting 125
115% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
105GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S1Z40102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 65 48 87 58 74 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
43% Average
Read 470
Write 402
Mixed 401
SusWrite 110
77% 346 MB/s
4K Read 23.9
4K Write 13
4K Mixed 1.2
45% 12.7 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 14.7
DQ Mixed 48.1
54% 98.5 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 43%
Great: 100%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61
302GB free
Firmware: X61170RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 374 406 411 411 413 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 433
Mixed 369
SusWrite 394
94% 416 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 53.4
172% 66.4 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 335
DQ Mixed 286
234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 113%
Great: 119%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
80.4% Excellent
MC Read 29.2
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 26.6
82% 28.6 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 24
62% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 51.5
78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 80%

 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 3,127 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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HDDRAMUSB
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