Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '19 at 20:43
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 585 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Gigabyte(1458 230C) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 161 82% 117 fps	MRender 87.9 Gravity 111 Splatting 127 91% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 545s Series 256GB-$79 17,432 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 268 269 274 273 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 451 Mixed 444 SusWrite 278 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 58.2 197% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 48.2 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 64.1 52% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 117%
Synology iSCSI Storage 11GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 1GB free Firmware: 4.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 86.3 Write 38 Mixed 67 14% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 12.8 4K Mixed 13.5 46% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 43.7 DQ Write 49.5 DQ Mixed 9.3 17% 34.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 29%
Synology iSCSI Storage 698GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 67GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 52 51 51 51 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 85.8 Write 60.7 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 51.7 16% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 13.5 4K Mixed 13.7 46% 13.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 13.4 DQ Mixed 13.8 10% 13.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 103GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 132 129 132 126 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 92.7 Write 99.8 Mixed 55 SusWrite 129 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.5 274% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 184%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 49GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 115 115 113 114 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 124 Write 117 Mixed 114 SusWrite 114 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.3% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 85%

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

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Typical GA-Z97N-WIFI Builds (Compare 373 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	125x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	50x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	46x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	16x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16