Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '21 at 03:23
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 229 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 684 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 114 Parallax 130 108% 126 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 115 112 90 55 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 338 Write 85.5 Mixed 242 SusWrite 88.4 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 48.7 160% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 152 109% 140 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 90GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 68 78 72 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 350 Write 230 Mixed 260 SusWrite 68.6 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 51.3 168% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 150 111% 146 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 134%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 183GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 68 78 72 57 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 478 Write 460 Mixed 377 SusWrite 68.7 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 47.4 163% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 260 215% 310 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 115%
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 93GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 379 419 441 413 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 468 Mixed 375 SusWrite 384 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 50.5 173% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 256 218% 321 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 91GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 74 78 78 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 90.7 Mixed 74 SusWrite 77.2 64% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 92GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 134 136 135 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 157 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 136 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 109%
Covecube Virtual Disk 2TB 1,262 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 275GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 47 46 47 46 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 171 Write 166 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 46.3 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 105%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 92GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 47 48 46 48 46 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 87.5 Write 88.3 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 46.9 97% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.4 160% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	25.6% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.3 24% 8.23 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 38: 4R 5G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
38%	22%	54	111	9	144	26.9"	1920 1080	MSI1462 Optix G27C2

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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	692x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	194x
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	65x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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