Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	219% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '23 at 10:54
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 96.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 330 45% 334 Pts	64-Core 338 21% 338 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 2328) 2GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 36 Parallax 48.7 30% 40.5 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 36.6 Splatting 24.6 24% 30.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1248 1200 1196 1326 1298 1258 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,324 Write 1,234 Mixed 611 SusWrite 1,254 248% 1,106 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58 191% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 849 DQ Write 486 DQ Mixed 639 483% 658 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 292%
Crucial M550 128GB-$40 2,673 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 49GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 331 325 354 355 354 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 341 Mixed 275 SusWrite 341 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 39.2 141% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 212 189% 284 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 104%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 1,422 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 117 212 482 496 471 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 185 Write 223 Mixed 131 SusWrite 317 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 8.1 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 2.2 29% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 6.8 26% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 565%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 915GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 86 88 87 87 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 86.8 Write 83.3 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 85.8 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0420 F3-2400C10-4GTX 16GB 1866, 1866, 1866, 1866 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	58	60	27"	1280 720	ACI27C4 VC279

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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	694x
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 $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 $269	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 $45	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