Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51% 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	35.8% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 04:23
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 724 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% 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: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51% Above average	Lighting 63 Reflection 56.5 Parallax 77.1 51% 65.5 fps	MRender 55.9 Gravity 51 Splatting 72.8 50% 59.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51% 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 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6278 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1788 (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 56 42 249108889644	35.8% Below average	Read 340 Write 10.7 Mixed 63.8 29% 138 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 7.42 62% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 28.5 38% 70 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 35.8% 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 above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3871 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 931 (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 1018	82.9% Excellent	Read 520 Write 339 Mixed 352 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 10.3 102% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 45.2 99% 204 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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 174 168 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4544 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2450 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4389 (C2) HDA temperature 107 90 36 (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	54.5% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 96.5 Mixed 91 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.35 127% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.5% 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 way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 136735600 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38233701 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (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 66 50 572063778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18941 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 47244640290 (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 102168682039444 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24894473516 (F2) Unknown 100 253 368198677035	63.9% Good	Read 97.5 Write 124 Mixed 111 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.49 173% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.9% 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 @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.2% 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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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