Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.9% 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	63.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 04:40
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 436 58% 433 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 79%

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: 391.35 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.9% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 66.9 Parallax 54.1 52% 61.6 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 59.2 Splatting 52 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 88GB free Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3373973 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 37563783984778 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1592 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 202 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 26 49 64427720730 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3373973 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3373973 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3373973 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17072 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8926 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8926 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12003	47.6% Average	Read 311 Write 153 Mixed 197 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 27.4 4K Mixed 14.5 62% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 50.9 68% 126 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 86%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 100 2126 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 644 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1559 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1612 (A9) Unknown 100 100 42 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1583 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 231928234018 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 52 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 156506 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12251 (F2) Unknown 253 253 17849	63.4% Good	Read 484 Write 200 Mixed 281 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 3.47 91% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 3.18 45% 108 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 78%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 145 9300 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9902 (C0) Power-off retract count 193 193 5593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 356667 (C2) HDA temperature 126 96 26 (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	60.5% Good	Read 107 Write 104 Mixed 104 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.18 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 4x4GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 21 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.8% 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	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 $109Bench 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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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