Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.3% 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	96.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 17:54
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 739 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E283) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 68.8 Reflection 61.3 Parallax 80.2 56% 70.1 fps	MRender 61.2 Gravity 54.4 Splatting 77 54% 64.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 397 382 362 254 226 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 368 Write 411 Mixed 293 SusWrite 336 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 34.5 152% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 259 217% 312 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 802GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 172 174 176 171 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 145 Mixed 105 SusWrite 174 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 1,957 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 84%

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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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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	691x
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
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	36x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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