Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 02:03
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 643 65% 530 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 130 114% 140 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 215GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^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 66 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 294 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 26 317828759598 (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 3189077465 (F7) Unknown 100 100 99805436 (F8) Unknown 100 100 62226972 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1920 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 482 Write 343 Mixed 327 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 26.4 115% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 44.9 91% 187 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13935 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1935 (B1) Unknown 98 98 67 (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 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1206 (F1) Unknown 99 99 56954739765	119% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 486 Mixed 505 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.2 173% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 152 162% 269 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2278 (E8) Unknown 100 100 96570817801 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	104% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 413 Mixed 408 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 34.2 155% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 113 134% 233 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 24.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 109%

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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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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 $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