Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39% 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	122% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

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Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '16 at 10:58
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 432 55% 418 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3603) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39% Below average	Lighting 47.4 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 55.7 39% 48.4 fps	MRender 57.1 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 39.4 40% 49.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1840 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 767 (B1) Unknown 99 99 27 (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 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7520376376	122% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 484 Mixed 514 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 41.4 189% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 96.9 141% 263 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 106GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1840 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 767 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 77 62 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1639766803	124% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 488 Mixed 495 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 43.7 194% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 94.1 138% 259 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 119%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 428GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2619 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 983 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2477 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	61.9% Good	Read 115 Write 100 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 69%
Corsair Flash Survivor USB 3.0 16GB-$48 130 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 13GB free, PID 1a04 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 15.5 Mixed 11.9 24% 23 MB/s	4K Read 3.82 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.21 29% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 4x4GB 491 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 67%

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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	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 $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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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