Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 79.4%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.6% is a reasonable 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	99.2% 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	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	Windows 8.1 is the second most recent version of Windows but it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 04:35
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4790-$308 53,750 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	SC Int 114 SC Float 116 SC Mixed 112 91% 114 Pts	QC Int 393 QC Float 404 QC Mixed 390 90% 395 Pts	MC Int 555 MC Float 592 MC Mixed 586 86% 578 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$200 133,666 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Gigabyte(1458 368F) 2GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Lighting 144 Reflection 118 Parallax 129 43% 130 fps	MRender 83.7 Gravity 124 Splatting 86.6 42% 98.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 45%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$135 12,583 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 44GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 249 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 918 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 62 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19147 (A5) Unknown 100 100 78 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 13222 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 76276 (F2) Unknown 100 100 152661 (F5) Unknown 100 100 153176	99.2% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 361 Mixed 425 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.3 144% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 71.9 114% 217 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$53 35,120 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5400 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 21 (03) Spinup time 153 137 3333 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3172 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 915 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8633 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 37 (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 13	61.1% Good	Read 101 Write 112 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.2 106% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown U3A4G83-13G9HE3B00 2x4GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Gaming 63%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 58%

Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 - $141

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $376Bench 88%, 136,972 samples	1,194x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 82%, 71,375 samples	356x
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 77%, 53,750 samples	105x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 247,983 samples	390x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 265,250 samples	228x
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 127%, 208,140 samples	177x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 274,376 samples	207x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 191,118 samples	179x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $174Bench 79%, 69,055 samples	91x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 57%, 31,182 samples	98x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 11,630 samples	89x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 15,236 samples	72x

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Total price: $967

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $170	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $290	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $931	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $45
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12