Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.5% 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	69.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 10:16
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 732 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 111 91% 112 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 285 213 235 218 246 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 412 Write 400 Mixed 286 SusWrite 253 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 33.3 103% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 41.9 DQ Mixed 70.5 63% 98.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 99%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2GB free Firmware: 0637 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 37 Write 36 Mixed 31.3 26% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 66%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1GB free Firmware: MKAOA5C0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 144 Write 143 Mixed 73 89% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 87%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4GB free Firmware: MKAOA5C0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 74.5 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% Great: 87%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 73GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 55 58 58 60 59 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 137 Write 96.3 Mixed 84 SusWrite 59.1 119% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 107% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.1% Below average	MC Read 12.9 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 12.5 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 72%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $175

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	693x
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	81x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $823

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