Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín, 1366x768x4294967296 szín, 1366x768x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 18:37
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (57^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 130 2-Core 245 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 653 60% 504 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PwrHis(1787 2321) 2GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 41.4 28% 35.6 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 36 26% 31.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 240GB-$203 1,730 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19945 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (AB) Unknown 80 80 81951568 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 444 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 86 86 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14141 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14863 (F9) Unknown 100 100 784797592	107% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 482 Mixed 491 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 35.7 145% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 76 116% 220 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 105%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 662 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6001 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 31 (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	74.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 125 Mixed 108 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.24 92% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 288GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 175 2166 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11035 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10932 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 31 (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	46.9% Average	Read 97.3 Write 66.5 Mixed 68.3 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.19 50% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 109%
Samsung HD082GJ 80GB-$23 1,687 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 21GB free Firmware: JE100-19 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4480 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14307 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7933 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5528 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 72398 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 458752 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 136 118 671744034 (C2) HDA temperature 154 118 671744028 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 72398 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	30.2% Below average	Read 50.9 Write 53.9 Mixed 53.6 40% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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