Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	84.4% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 23:28
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 646 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 649 40% 649 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 194 Parallax 173 134% 177 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 122 106% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4979 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (A5) Unknown 100 100 20447481 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 700 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 37 158914707490 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 304943595591 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1710 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5437 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4717 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4012 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.4% Excellent	Read 495 Write 342 Mixed 304 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 18.5 116% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 41 80% 162 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 51GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21570 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 50 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7580187415	110% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 406 Mixed 192 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 44.8 172% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 118 130% 220 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Crucial_FCCT512MX100SSD1 512GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 47GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12693 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 48 223339282473 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4667874156 (F7) Unknown 100 100 145908650 (F8) Unknown 100 100 82327087	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 477 Mixed 317 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 32.1 144% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 43.1 78% 149 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 44GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 40570 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 142 (B1) Unknown 89 89 132 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44059120913	88.2% Excellent	Read 439 Write 347 Mixed 291 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 22.6 133% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 66.1 97% 181 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 348GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221023416 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5461 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9055570 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 61 589496355 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22691 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 42949672995 (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 89395449304837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17659704512 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5381207504	86.3% Excellent	Read 167 Write 134 Mixed 101 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 109GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16042 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 12 12 64530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15918 (C2) HDA temperature 109 98 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 1	51.2% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 81.1 Mixed 5.78 44% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 76%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 36GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 131 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4718 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 76767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4718 (C2) HDA temperature 108 92 35 (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	48.6% Average	Read 85.2 Write 83.8 Mixed 78 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.41 107% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 90 137396728 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 52 137616321754 (09) Power-on hours count 59 11 36766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 239 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 276 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180196872 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 4867620898 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 140 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7684 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 -140737488355294 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 6 137396728 (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 107034880025968 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2548021383 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3665738359	35.7% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 61 Mixed 53.5 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.26 47% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 24.7 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 91%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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