Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '22 at 03:06
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 673 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4993) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 87% 109 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 104 Splatting 94.2 81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 94 92 88 88 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 443 Write 120 Mixed 125 SusWrite 92.4 42% 195 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 21.8 124% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 50.6 83% 167 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 73%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 16GB free Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 210 183 175 163 173 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 827 Write 243 Mixed 596 SusWrite 189 102% 464 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41.5 178% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 715 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 522 391% 532 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 219%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$100 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 490GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 443 453 455 459 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 492 Mixed 465 SusWrite 451 108% 481 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 65.7 218% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 364 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 137%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 356GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 92.3 Mixed 101 SusWrite 101 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 304 304 298 325 315 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 50% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 4x8GB 531 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 23 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 87%

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

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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