Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	112% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 13:24
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1246 v3-$200 2,511 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 581 62% 492 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 88.3 58% 75.9 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 55.4 51% 63 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 59 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 39 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 60 52 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1550546049	112% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 393 Mixed 412 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 47.9 175% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 120 145% 257 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 131%
Hitachi HDS723020ALA640 2TB 565 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 623GB free Firmware: MK7OAAU0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 130 130 38686622167 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 597 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 597 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 597 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 214749872169 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	45.3% Average	Read 79.7 Write 78.2 Mixed 62.3 55% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.18 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 82%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 205GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 176 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 558 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 883 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30530 (C2) HDA temperature 115 110 32 (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	62.2% Good	Read 116 Write 101 Mixed 104 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.14 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 84%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 85GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 36.7 Mixed 18.7 38% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 44%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 76GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 86.7 Write 84.6 Mixed 69 102% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GB 7,008 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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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Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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