Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84% 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	111% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '17 at 03:18
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 697 76% 600 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.6 86% 106 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 93.7 Splatting 98.4 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 145GB free Firmware: M0CR050 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 551 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 393 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 116 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 63 158914838551 (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 2321615433 (F7) Unknown 100 100 72890090 (F8) Unknown 100 100 34237580 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1249 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	65.8% Good	Read 463 Write 327 Mixed 335 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 11.6 88% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 74.4 DQ Mixed 26.9 27% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 95%
Samsung MZNTY128HDHP-000L1 128GB 1,655 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT23L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 68 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 1 (AE) Unknown 99 99 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 945 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 53 201864839202 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16756243 (F1) Unknown 99 99 144 (F2) Unknown 99 99 103 (F9) Unknown 99 99 144	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 486 Mixed 502 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 28.1 166% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 11.9 82% 191 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 435GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184697824 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 564 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 229419945 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 557 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 52 387186711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1403 (C2) HDA temperature 23 48 64424509463 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -70643622071103 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12076443893 (F2) Unknown 100 253 727972250183	82.6% Excellent	Read 175 Write 114 Mixed 135 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.28 72% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Ramaxel RMR5040ED58E9W1600 4x4GB 607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.3 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

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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	694x
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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Total price: $823

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