Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150918
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 06 '19 at 17:15
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
86.5% Excellent
Memory 97.2
1-Core 122
2-Core 245
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 433
59% 436 Pts
64-Core 422
26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 144
Parallax 123
105% 132 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 127
Splatting 105
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 729
Write 128
Mixed 262
80% 373 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 48.4
4K Mixed 30.1
123% 39.2 MB/s
DQ Read 386
DQ Write 47
DQ Mixed 87.8
97% 174 MB/s
Poor: 116% Great: 188%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78
2TB free
Firmware: MK7OA840
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 145 145 146 147 147 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Read 144
Write 141
Mixed 81.5
SusWrite 146
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 82%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 30.9
MC Mixed 24
81% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 20.2
SC Write 23.5
SC Mixed 26.4
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 49.5
81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 104%

 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 1,173 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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HDDRAMUSB
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