Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	56.9% 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	30.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140531
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 01:01
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 1.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 67 2-Core 81.2 51% 76.1 Pts	4-Core 111 8-Core 108 15% 110 Pts	64-Core 124 8% 124 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 72.1 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 63.2 59% 68.7 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 60.1 53% 65.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7PA128HMCD-010 128GB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 47 33 30 20 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 41 Write 212 Mixed 163 SusWrite 46.8 27% 116 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 46.3 4K Mixed 16.9 74% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 39.7 DQ Mixed 21.9 32% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 69GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 161 160 153 160 162 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 108 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 159 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 5GB free Firmware: CC43 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 99.8 Write 125 Mixed 28.2 61% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.2 249% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	48.1% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 15 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 119%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	32x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	7x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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