Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	36% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 15:45
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 630 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 102 89% 108 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 86.6 75% 92.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 359GB free Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 666 Write 542 Mixed 597 134% 602 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.8 169% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 492 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 169 200% 348 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 144%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 121GB free Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 140634409158040 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1611 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 454073 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 454073 (F2) Unknown 100 100 796730 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10653	86.1% Excellent	Read 499 Write 246 Mixed 297 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 20.1 134% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 78.8 113% 210 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 33559 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3288 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 218 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 920431 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 91 91 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	36% Below average	Read 257 Write 85.1 Mixed 126 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 5.14 54% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 71.6 DQ Mixed 27.1 45% 90.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 44%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 332GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 56 (03) Spinup time 155 143 7241 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4702 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3876 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4683 (C2) HDA temperature 114 103 36 (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	44.3% Average	Read 76.7 Write 77.4 Mixed 73.5 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 51%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 294GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 133 5491 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 674 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50625 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4487 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 477 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4487 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 38 (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	55.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 88.4 Mixed 87.1 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.35 103% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 4,223 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 64%

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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 $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