Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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.
Boot Drive	147% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	800 x 480 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 22:47
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 540 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 190 Parallax 177 139% 179 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 173 Splatting 121 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 424 496 496 493 496 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 674 Write 552 Mixed 434 SusWrite 476 120% 534 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 55.3 193% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 805 574% 734 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 273%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 239 268 264 263 265 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 484 Mixed 415 SusWrite 259 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 61.9 208% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Ocz-vert EX4 512GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 444GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 158 143 173 185 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 343 Write 219 Mixed 205 SusWrite 163 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 36 139% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 138 102% 135 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 111%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 256GB 2,869 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 238GB free Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 26 25 17 16 22 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33% Below average	Read 126 Write 101 Mixed 151 SusWrite 28.4 23% 102 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 13.8 78% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 58.1 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 63.2 52% 71.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 107%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 147 149 149 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 148 Mixed 108 SusWrite 148 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 199 209 211 204 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 152 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 201 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 23.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 80%

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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 $94Bench 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 $177	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