Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	82.3% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 21:23
Run Duration	381 Seconds
Run User	GTM-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 (98^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 691 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 137 Parallax 128 114% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1046 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 603 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 141 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720927 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 89 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2371	82.3% Excellent	Read 515 Write 330 Mixed 347 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 10.3 104% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 44.8 97% 200 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464875 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 669 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 671 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 671 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 188979871779 (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 200 200 0	93.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 163 Mixed 159 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.14 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 233GB free Firmware: 11.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 3199 (03) Spinup time 186 180 1675 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4511 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 890 (07) Seek error rate 176 153 377 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2577 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 307 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 29121 (C2) HDA temperature 114 84 33 (C4) Reallocation count 193 193 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	33.3% Below average	Read 59.3 Write 56.7 Mixed 57.8 44% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.24 53% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 41%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 143GB free Firmware: MS2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896895157 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2902 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2962 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2962 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 201864708131 (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 200 200 1	60.7% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 122 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 107%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 38 Write 4.63 Mixed 7.24 15% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.28 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.89 106% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 32GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 63%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

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