Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	81.3% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11 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	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '18 at 06:53
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 653 68% 544 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 146 Parallax 136 111% 140 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 144 87 90 86 29 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 452 Write 448 Mixed 356 SusWrite 132 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 38.2 137% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 179 164% 252 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 88%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$89 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 7GB free Firmware: CCA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 43 40 41 38 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 73.2 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 40.6 45% 60.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 348GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 121 126 120 126 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 154 Write 165 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 124 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 43GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 88 91 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 61 Mixed 62 SusWrite 90.6 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%

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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-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	695x
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	82x
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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16