Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.9% 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	140% 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	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	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '16 at 01:52
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 656 70% 556 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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%
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% PowerColor(148C 2349) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.160.769 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 49.5 Parallax 54.6 37% 50 fps	MRender 48.4 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 37.3 33% 41.2 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 993 Write 917 Mixed 958 214% 956 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 25.8 140% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 25.7 32% 55.6 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 332%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 12TB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 9TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 24.7 Mixed 27.4 22% 29.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.02 4% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 212%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 288GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 29839360 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 228 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 199304377 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5433 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 56 521601049 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3114 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 81604378649 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 45 29839360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	34% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 54.1 Mixed 57.6 44% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.27 63% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 23.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	695x
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	82x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16