Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	714% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '16 at 06:38
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (59^th 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 270 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 687 71% 570 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4380 Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	2.4% Terrible	Lighting 4.47 Reflection 7.5 Parallax 7.62 4% 6.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.4% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Lighting 89.6 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 83.5 73% 86.7 fps	MRender 81 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 69.3 61% 75.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 120GB-$70 6,931 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 111GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 123 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7814 (A5) Unknown 100 100 27 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8790 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17165 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24051 (F5) Unknown 100 100 31256	31% Below average	Read 360 Write 60.1 Mixed 105 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 2.69 48% 11.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 89%
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6623 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1508 (B1) Unknown 100 100 227711 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 731 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 695037 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1466260	714% Outstanding	Read 5,847 Write 556 Mixed 4,148 767% 3,517 MB/s	4K Read 741 4K Write 634 4K Mixed 71.5 1,551% 482 MB/s	DQ Read 739 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 133 208% 407 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 714% Great: 129%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 19 (03) Spinup time 253 148 3558 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20515 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4585 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 446278 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 926421 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.8% Average	Read 76.7 Write 76.4 Mixed 73.9 57% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.19 4K Mixed 0.08 15% 0.11 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 496GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17772077 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15810 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 116671455 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6718 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 505217054 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 22 17772077 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6253472415319 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4128272165 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7269682	56.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 92.7 Mixed 89.4 72% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.17 40% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 345GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 84 102751124 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 72 72 29372 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4600134346 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 87 87 14036 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1290 (BC) Unknown 100 99 64425492597 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 622133283 (C2) HDA temperature 35 46 30064771107 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 16 102751124 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 40 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 24558623038415 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2338907071 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2646589341
Poor: 28% Great: 70%
JetFlash Transcend 64GB 3,351 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 112 Write 56.1 Mixed 38.1 75% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.57 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.93 102% 2.65 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C10-4GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 0420 F3-2400C10-8GTX 24GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2200, 2200, 2200, 2200 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 24.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 94%

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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 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	693x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	195x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	101x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	81x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples	40x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	36x

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Total price: $823

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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