Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140425
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 02:13
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 244 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 364 52% 381 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 70.8 Parallax 63.2 55% 67.1 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 56.6 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 12161 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1895 (A6) Unknown 100 100 169 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 408 (A9) Unknown 100 100 193 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 281 (AE) Unknown 100 100 249 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 47 201864183835 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2340 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 36624 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12404 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11364 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	63.9% Good	Read 349 Write 213 Mixed 263 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 16.2 107% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 45.7 58% 103 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 673GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 166 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4286 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1706 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4107 (C2) HDA temperature 111 100 32 (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	94.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 169 Mixed 160 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.28 136% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 101GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1029 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 934 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 418 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 610 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (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	95% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 150 Mixed 121 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.25 108% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 63%

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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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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