Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	138% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 10:46
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 637 68% 541 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 336GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 893 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1018 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 68 51 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6604485747	118% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 50.9 187% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 133 152% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 544 Mixed 564 136% 612 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 43.8 191% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 492 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 163 185% 320 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 236%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 302GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1155 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2855 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3330 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4999 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 99 99 1019 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3275 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 158 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749610010 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 81964 (DF) Load/unload retry count 99 99 1019 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 69664	51.9% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 90.8 Mixed 86.7 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.32 85% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-Z97X-Game Plus Builds (Compare 52 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Game Plus

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	26x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	10x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	6x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	3x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	3x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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