Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	130% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '18 at 12:06
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 404 54% 403 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3711) ≥ 4GB; extreme gaming CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 157 Parallax 139 121% 148 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 289GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 431 395 436 426 438 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 462 Mixed 386 SusWrite 431 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 65.8 223% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 51.3 120% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 134%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 346GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 162 161 162 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 162 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 104%
WD Blue 400GB (2008) 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 83GB free Firmware: 12.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 46 45 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 62.7 Write 63.2 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 45.2 41% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 45%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1GB free Firmware: 16.0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 98.5 Write 96.2 Mixed 63.3 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 4x4GB 388 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 16.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 53%

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

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 54%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - $300

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	90x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	31x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	18x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	17x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	14x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GBHP $33Bench 139%, 2,425 samples	11x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 993 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	7x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	6x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $813

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) $35	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