Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.6% 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 Drive53.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateNov 16 '18 at 22:45
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 121
2-Core 245
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 673
66% 541 Pts
64-Core 637
39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.6% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 116
Parallax 98.5
83% 106 fps
MRender 98
Gravity 96.7
Splatting 101
81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35
31GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 92 63 55 56 53 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
53.9% Above average
Read 321
Write 206
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 77.8
38% 171 MB/s
4K Read 26.1
4K Write 60.4
4K Mixed 25.3
104% 37.3 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 84.1
DQ Mixed 111
81% 108 MB/s
Poor: 44%
This bench: 53.9%
Great: 82%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
91GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 644 376 295 293 292 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
170% Outstanding
Read 680
Write 609
Mixed 551
SusWrite 405
126% 561 MB/s
4K Read 62.3
4K Write 194
4K Mixed 67.7
284% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 784
DQ Write 681
DQ Mixed 1,002
677% 822 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 170%
Great: 280%
G-DRIVE USB-C 1TB
931GB free, PID 2025
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 27 27 27 26 26 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
16.4% Very poor
Read 31
Write 25.3
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 26.6
36% 26.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
99% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 16.4%
Great: 72%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
49.6% Average
MC Read 16.9
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 15.7
48% 16.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 16.8
47% 16.4 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 49.6%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $823
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