Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 03:24
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 100 2-Core 190 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 538 53% 435 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 109 Parallax 101 87% 106 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 95.9 79% 96 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 983 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 111 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 80 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262162 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 770	57.5% Above average	Read 486 Write 63.3 Mixed 257 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 9.42 85% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 25.6 76% 164 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 91%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 21GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1421 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 113 (AF) Unknown 100 100 12885230210 (B7) Unknown 100 100 14466 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 75 420413465 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 25 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 92117 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 475708 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 7 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 234 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 475708 (F2) Unknown 100 100 374725	94.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 282 Mixed 354 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 30.1 146% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 111 136% 240 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 75 154192185 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2247622 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8675833938216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 25 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 67 404160536 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 284 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 85899345944 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 28 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 121800977547457 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1596269174 (F2) Unknown 100 253 94063783	100% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 181 Mixed 158 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 29GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 247 Write 139 Mixed 152 210% 179 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 9.36 4K Mixed 4.23 500% 7.89 MB/s	DQ Read 10.5 DQ Write 9.49 DQ Mixed 4.4 511% 8.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 111%
Patriot Supersonic Xpress USB 3.0 32GB-$8 268 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 26GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 128 Write 39.2 Mixed 33.8 67% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.94 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 1 82% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 13.8 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 97.5 41% 97.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 87%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	66x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	9x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	17x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	6x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	6x

SSD
XPG SX900 256GBAdata $164Bench 77%, 6,726 samples	7x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	6x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $210Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 66%, 6,389 samples	7x
CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 24GBUnknownBench 62%, 59 samples	6x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $712

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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