Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	190% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 16:40
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 90.3 2-Core 223 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 677 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 46.5 Parallax 35.6 40% 43.6 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 42.3 Splatting 35.5 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 598 588 606 608 607 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 699 Write 630 Mixed 627 SusWrite 598 144% 639 MB/s	4K Read 67 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 89.6 300% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 784 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 1079 714% 848 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 293GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 374 382 381 382 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 481 Mixed 391 SusWrite 375 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 68.3 235% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 389GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 140 139 140 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 156 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 140 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 97 98 98 98 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 89.5 Write 86.7 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 97.8 113% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 85%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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