Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	81.7% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 05:02
Run Duration	476 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 228 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 579 61% 486 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 110 Parallax 95.2 84% 103 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 98.3 79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct500mx5 0 500GB 2,476 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 370GB free Firmware: M3CR Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 452 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 0 0 42 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 50 214748364843 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 263813892 (F7) Unknown 100 100 4327710 (F8) Unknown 100 100 12760714	86% Excellent	Read 359 Write 232 Mixed 284 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 49.6 160% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 87.7 86% 136 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 119%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9405 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 91 91 147 (AE) Unknown 100 100 148 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 55 193274576927 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 91 91 9 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 39972151144 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1257784239 (F8) Unknown 100 100 730824007 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1248 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.7% Excellent	Read 480 Write 324 Mixed 335 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 23.4 110% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 37.2 78% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 95%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 124 124 38687801845 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 158915362851 (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	72.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 125 Mixed 126 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 89%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 15GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 178 5841 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4821 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11501 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	13.2% Very poor	Read 25.7 Write 20.4 Mixed 23.8 18% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.11 29% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 88%
MB3000EBUCH 3TB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 6GB free Firmware: MKAOHPG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 88 196609 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 82 (03) Spinup time 129 100 47283962456 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1439 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 47245361154 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 42 472973358 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1467 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1467 (C2) HDA temperature 130 103 249109086254 (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	45.4% Average	Read 85.8 Write 72.4 Mixed 67.7 56% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.32 88% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 87%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 183 179 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2983 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7912 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	16.1% Very poor	Read 23.8 Write 32.4 Mixed 37.2 24% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.05 14% 0.12 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 88%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 64GB 841 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 59GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 34.9 Write 6.61 Mixed 11 17% 17.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.94 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 17%
WD Elements 1078 1.5TB 333 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 27GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 66.4 Write 14.1 Mixed 53.1 51% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.16 19% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% 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	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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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