Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	86.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '17 at 18:15
Run Duration	418 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 677 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% 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. 10.18.14.4578 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 211041576 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 85607288153610 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 83 73019883550 (C2) HDA temperature 30 83 73019883550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 211041576 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 211041576 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 211041576 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2612 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1743 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1743 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1470	62% Good	Read 355 Write 216 Mixed 227 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 17.4 96% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 57.4 67% 117 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 94%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13061 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 213 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 63 36 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21502806994	86.5% Excellent	Read 503 Write 398 Mixed 254 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 13.9 126% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 33.2 57% 108 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^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 4783 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 50 214749282337 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6447037139 (F7) Unknown 100 100 201548547 (F8) Unknown 100 100 164269868 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1939 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.8% Very good	Read 481 Write 342 Mixed 339 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 73.2 4K Mixed 25 106% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 79.8 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 24.5 40% 75.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 99%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$239 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 201GB free Firmware: SC60 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 79 64 84199112 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 696 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 447742453 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 51956219384360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 87 1614932345208 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1105 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 165913 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 84199112 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 17390322583393 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30371989458 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14861479250	55.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 89 Mixed 21 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.63 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.4 136% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 113%
Seagate ST4000VX000-1F4168 4TB 3,084 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 76GB free Firmware: CV13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 218457136 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 860 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8609701459 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 33 -3772907489 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 866 (C2) HDA temperature 31 67 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 122 Mixed 57 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 106%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Read 27.4 Write 4.11 Mixed 4.74 11% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.47 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.004 13% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 26.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 25.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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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	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 $94Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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