Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.3% 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	69.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 07:31
Run Duration	349 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 583 64% 507 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 62.3 Reflection 66 Parallax 58.9 51% 62.4 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 52.7 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 477GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 695 Write 477 Mixed 502 124% 558 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 19.1 110% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 45.6 65% 113 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 155%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$82 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4995 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (94) Unknown 100 100 2991 (95) Unknown 100 100 124 (96) Unknown 100 100 17 (97) Unknown 100 100 87 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 497 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 46524 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34068 (F5) Unknown 100 100 159840	69.4% Good	Read 496 Write 332 Mixed 352 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 14 94% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.2 DQ Write 76.4 DQ Mixed 13.5 21% 37 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 127%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 2096 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	2.8% Terrible	Read 7.74 Write 3.63 Mixed 4.36 6% 5.24 MB/s	4K Read 3.73 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 14% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.8% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.1% 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 $160Bench 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 $279	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