Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	126% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140428
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '17 at 18:57
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 243 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 662 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.86 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 128GB free Firmware: 580A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4985275 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 76819785058004 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 725 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 38 64426999835 (C2) HDA temperature 27 38 64426999835 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4985275 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4985275 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4985275 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2207 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2014 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2014 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3069	77.2% Very good	Read 495 Write 228 Mixed 256 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 15.8 115% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 84 104% 184 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 94%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 936 Write 889 Mixed 876 201% 900 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 13.9 50% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 34.8 138% 296 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 182%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 15GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 84 16 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2146 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 4302084235 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1892 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 169 (BC) Unknown 100 97 72 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 554893345 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2718 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 42949672993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 3 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 83992380444622 (F1) Unknown 100 253 85324873 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1968136024	45.4% Average	Read 66.1 Write 92.4 Mixed 76.2 59% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 75%
Wilk 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 12GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	9.34% Terrible	Read 41.4 Write 7.49 Mixed 11.1 19% 20 MB/s	4K Read 6.84 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.04 28% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 9.34% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2800 C12 2x4GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 86%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 80%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 WIFI-BK - $250

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	51x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	19x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	9x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	6x
Raid 0 Volume 750GBIntelBench 199%, 895 samples	5x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	5x
CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 69 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	4x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $1,192

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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