Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.5% 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	124% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 03:20
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 662 63% 523 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.5% Above average	Lighting 66.9 Reflection 66.8 Parallax 57.7 54% 63.8 fps	MRender 64 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 62.4 52% 63 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe 256GB-$50 744 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 516 524 564 561 526 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 685 Write 570 Mixed 368 SusWrite 532 121% 539 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 42.6 159% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 407 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 275 222% 316 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 131%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 399GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 357 354 249 252 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 482 Mixed 386 SusWrite 302 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 43 163% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 327 249% 335 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 99%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 999GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 157 163 163 163 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 174 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 162 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 108%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 141 142 145 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 144 Write 132 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 142 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 17.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 73%

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

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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 $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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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) $30	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