Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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	103% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	21 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '18 at 02:27
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 133 2-Core 258 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 699 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2563 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 156 Parallax 144 116% 148 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 28 244 100 119 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 528 Mixed 474 SusWrite 160 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 44 166% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 504 DQ Write 489 DQ Mixed 466 358% 486 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 144%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 32GB free Firmware: 520ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 164 170 173 172 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 347 Write 236 Mixed 277 SusWrite 166 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.3 155% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 192 157% 225 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 834GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 178 174 180 183 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 179 Mixed 82 SusWrite 180 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 294% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 226GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 179 182 182 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 129 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 181 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 87%

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

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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 $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 $179	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