Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	71.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '16 at 07:43
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 257 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 665 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4364 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3791 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 330 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 54 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6254079985	71.2% Very good	Read 347 Write 183 Mixed 225 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 24.7 133% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 24.5 54% 112 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 124%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 998GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 272 Mixed 224 238% 321 MB/s	4K Read 9.77 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 0.44 516% 4.49 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 213%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 25GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 141 Write 66.1 Mixed 86.9 113% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.11 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 1.47 131% 2.81 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.1% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 13 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 43.1% 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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