Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '19 at 21:24
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 137 2-Core 240 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 734 75% 605 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 103 66% 88.3 fps	MRender 75.4 Gravity 82.2 Splatting 63.2 59% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 62%
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
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 174 168 166 169 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 490 Mixed 414 SusWrite 195 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 63.7 217% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 548GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 145 145 147 148 146 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 160 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 146 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown PSD34G160081 12GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 16.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	9x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	6x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	6x

SSD
XPG SX900 256GBAdata $164Bench 77%, 6,726 samples	7x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	6x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $190Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	7x
CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 24GBUnknownBench 62%, 59 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $712

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16