Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	87.3% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '17 at 10:59
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 688 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 149 Parallax 145 115% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 111 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Read 391 Write 327 Mixed 373 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 31.8 163% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 30.8 37% 62.2 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 283%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 8141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1546 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9648 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1545 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 629 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 95474 (C2) HDA temperature 109 101 43 (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	76.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 134 Mixed 129 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.21 98% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 557GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 148 9391 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2761 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2613 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1336 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 345484 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 42 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.7% Average	Read 88 Write 84.9 Mixed 84.3 65% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.08 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 347GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 146 9391 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2728 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2636 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2137 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 344988 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 44 (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 8 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 106 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.13 63% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 83%
Toshiba MD04ACA600 6TB-$250 686 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 328GB free Firmware: FS2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 10602 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5522 (0A) Spinup retry count 112 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 610 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 497 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1026 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240518823980 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 87 87 5345 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 197 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	71.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 118 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.31 121% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 112%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 87GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 193 9133 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1053 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1052 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28781 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 42 (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	52.6% Above average	Read 96.4 Write 86.7 Mixed 90.6 69% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 0420 F3-12800CL9-2GBNQ 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
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	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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