Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.8% 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	110% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 20:20
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 661 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.6 84% 104 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 4TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8772 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 690 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1072 (0A) Spinup retry count 113 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 883 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201865035816 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 564 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 553 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	28% Poor	Read 183 Write 159 Mixed 154 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.27 42% 9.56 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 31%
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 190GB free Firmware: Q0727A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 164 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1365 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5023 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1527 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2730	87.8% Excellent	Read 452 Write 295 Mixed 318 79% 355 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 24.3 133% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 27.4 90% 199 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 84%
R580 120GB 120GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 112GB free Firmware: Q0517A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1041 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 243 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1815 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1703 (F5) Unknown 100 100 0	67.8% Good	Read 455 Write 261 Mixed 341 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 4.1 93% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 4.89 56% 126 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 71%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 41GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4711 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 587 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 62 52 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 113 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3427031302	90.1% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 339 Mixed 353 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 24 126% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 78.4 116% 220 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3401 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 277 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 61 58 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5881837240	110% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 402 Mixed 412 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 47.3 168% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 118 140% 246 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 19.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-WIFI - $130

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	125x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	30x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	50x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	46x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	30x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	18x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	29x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	18x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	16x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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