Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	180% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 12:23
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 271 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 532 72% 534 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 128 68% 94.4 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 44.9 54% 68.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 624 626 638 645 644 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 731 Write 653 Mixed 656 SusWrite 634 150% 668 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 81 266% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 536 DQ Mixed 593 460% 635 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 372%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 17GB free Firmware: M0CR070 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 405 Write 457 Mixed 336 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 43.4 163% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 327 242% 319 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 508 Write 489 Mixed 422 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 64.2 223% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 353 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 265GB free Firmware: DEM9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 77 77 78 77 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 77.5 Write 30.7 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 77.5 45% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.2 402% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 CL11 Series 2x8GB 977 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 25.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 78%

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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%

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 $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