Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% 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	28.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 20:26
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 245 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 684 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 2290) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1015 MHz, MLim: 1325 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 59.7 Parallax 81.1 54% 69.1 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 53.9 Splatting 76.6 53% 63.2 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6273 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1786 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 184 184 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C2) HDA temperature 68 42 249108889632	28.3% Poor	Read 336 Write 9.31 Mixed 29 26% 125 MB/s	4K Read 5.91 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 7.39 37% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 87.5 DQ Write 58.1 DQ Mixed 16 27% 53.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 83%
Patriot Blast 120GB 4,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 19GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3866 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 929 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 98 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524303 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 85 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1010	78.4% Very good	Read 503 Write 336 Mixed 342 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 9.96 92% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 45.1 93% 192 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 75GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4540 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2448 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4385 (C2) HDA temperature 122 90 21 (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	53.3% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 89.9 Mixed 95.4 71% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.34 115% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 42GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90272152 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38183832 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 869 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 79 50 353435669 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18921 (C2) HDA temperature 21 50 47244640277 (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 -94819992991601 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24889854729 (F2) Unknown 100 253 368189397215	69% Good	Read 129 Write 110 Mixed 95.5 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.51 176% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. 2x8GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.2% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 72%

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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	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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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