Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.3% 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	172% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '16 at 10:02
Run Duration	314 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1241 v3-$209 3,580 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 583 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1366) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6191 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 68 Parallax 60.1 51% 63.5 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 59 Splatting 53.6 49% 61.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT480M500SSD1 750GB 665GB free Firmware: 0001SDM5 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.7% Very poor	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 93.5 22% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.28 2% 0.56 MB/s

Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0174 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,813 Write 867 Mixed 1,249 289% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 33.7 141% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 210 124% 125 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 230%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 802GB free Firmware: 1AN10003 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 56.1 Write 87.6 Mixed 77.4 56% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.43 105% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 59%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 748GB free Firmware: CC54 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	71% Very good	Read 145 Write 103 Mixed 143 99% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 96%
Seagate ST9750420AS 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 166GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 74 Write 103 Mixed 77.7 64% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.34 81% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 63%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 8GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 23.7 Write 7.01 Mixed 11.4 15% 14 MB/s	4K Read 5.93 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.52 135% 3.08 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 87%

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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	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	82x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16