Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	91.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 22:20
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 231 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 636 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB; Gigabyte AORUS CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 189 Parallax 178 138% 179 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 166 Splatting 122 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10993 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1484 (B1) Unknown 96 96 66 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35424205367	91.2% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 409 Mixed 419 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 26.9 145% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 43.2 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 26.5 33% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 200056080 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1885 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 68853245 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1483 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 605814816 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34384 (C2) HDA temperature 32 42 55834574880 (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 39316130636793 (F1) Unknown 100 253 86032814835 (F2) Unknown 100 253 381490071219	79.3% Very good	Read 145 Write 132 Mixed 148 107% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 113%

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 @ 2000 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 19.4 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 21.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 Builds (Compare 1,174 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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