Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '18 at 22:47
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 441 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3979) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 64.5 56% 68.8 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 57.2 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 154GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 685 Write 522 Mixed 565 131% 590 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 25.8 119% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 23.3 84% 181 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 460A 120GB-$88 763 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5612 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1466 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40629328 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 123 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4115 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3496 (F9) Unknown 100 100 301688588	60.4% Good	Read 353 Write 219 Mixed 277 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 18.8 82% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 13.4 57% 129 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 103%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 667GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 3991 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12286 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3378 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12190 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 35 (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	56% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.2 Mixed 94.6 73% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.41 112% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

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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 $179	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