Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.7% 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	93.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	12.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '18 at 00:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 132 2-Core 249 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 636 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.7% Average	Lighting 51.4 Reflection 57.7 Parallax 49.5 42% 52.8 fps	MRender 56.7 Gravity 55.9 Splatting 50.9 44% 54.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 119GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14476 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1088 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15612084699	114% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 415 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 47.8 181% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 118 131% 224 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22267 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1981 (B1) Unknown 83 83 206 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 225 (F1) Unknown 99 99 55316283238	93.1% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 350 Mixed 341 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 24.8 139% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 70.1 103% 196 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 247GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229403544 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2266 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 173267875 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 23702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2154 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 554565665 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 5 5 190689 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 42949672993 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 107975477841062 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44265602791 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78903036080	71.1% Very good	Read 142 Write 106 Mixed 139 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.26 67% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 112%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$37 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 136GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 129 4400 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8761 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2542 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8709 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.9% Good	Read 123 Write 113 Mixed 114 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 2x8GB 1,803 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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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	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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Total price: $823

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