Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	144% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '17 at 20:57
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 721 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 158 Parallax 133 118% 145 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16880 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 416 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 67293934703	121% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 417 Mixed 401 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 51.8 197% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 112 143% 256 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 553 Mixed 562 136% 614 MB/s	4K Read 55.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 42.6 199% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 531 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 200 228% 392 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 254%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 494GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 463 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3183 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 31 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 61 61 29140 (F1) Unknown 200 200 4285010561 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4032274083	82.6% Excellent	Read 147 Write 141 Mixed 162 114% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.3 105% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 474GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 149 (03) Spinup time 177 176 2150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 64 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 29 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 199 308 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 302 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 308 (F0) Head flying hours 92 92 5877 (F1) Unknown 200 200 2263338665 (F2) Unknown 200 200 515131944	86.6% Excellent	Read 149 Write 152 Mixed 139 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.33 144% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 324GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1563 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1127 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 31 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 61 61 29121 (F1) Unknown 200 200 7903634815 (F2) Unknown 200 200 8191163787	71.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 116 Mixed 125 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.28 126% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 350 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 90%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $178	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