Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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 Drive	74.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '19 at 03:36
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 683 76% 598 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 197 Parallax 199 151% 194 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 186 Splatting 131 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 74 62 57 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 400 Write 271 Mixed 296 SusWrite 83.5 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 31.6 134% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 183 166% 253 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 91%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 48GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 147 155 118 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 306 Write 245 Mixed 282 SusWrite 148 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 21.1 71% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 70.6 DQ Mixed 93.1 76% 111 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 182 183 184 183 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 147 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 181 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
WD WD3202ABYS-02B7A0 320GB 1,016 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 298GB free Firmware: 02.03B03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 107 107 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 72 SusWrite 108 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 23.7 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 70%

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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	695x
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	82x
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 $90Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16