Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	114% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '18 at 19:43
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 123 2-Core 232 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 481 64% 481 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 847A) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 32.5 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 42.4 26% 34.9 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 32.9 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 154 157 151 156 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 457 Mixed 389 SusWrite 183 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 62.7 213% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 362 273% 366 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 122%
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 124GB free Firmware: 1.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 387 410 390 427 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 423 Mixed 312 SusWrite 397 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 45.2 155% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 219 202% 311 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 644GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 126 127 125 132 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 98.5 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 127 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 114%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 282GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 127 127 125 129 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 159 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 126 90% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 111%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 125 126 124 129 128 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 76% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,252 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 76%

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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	694x
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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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 $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