Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '16 at 19:10
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 235 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 662 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% 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. 10.18.14.4206 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.61% Terrible	Lighting 3.47 Reflection 5.69 Parallax 5.62 3% 4.93 fps	MRender 8.57 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 7.52 5% 6.16 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.61% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5689 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 940 (B1) Unknown 97 97 30 (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 58 51 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11146429634	95.6% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 350 Mixed 351 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 25.5 152% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 52.1 84% 163 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 96GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 143 11575 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1009 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 787 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 962 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 115 Mixed 106 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.98 4K Mixed 0.25 108% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 112%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 8GB free Firmware: 77.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 41 (03) Spinup time 196 194 6158 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3258 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1593 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 131871 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 35 (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 1 750 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.6% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 58.2 Mixed 64.1 46% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.23 66% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 57%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 12GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 77 65011757 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790710077 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3233 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3734 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3734 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 197569937443 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4258	64.6% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 115 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 15.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 71%

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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 $15	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