Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	156% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 00:13
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 87.4 2-Core 164 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 311 44% 326 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5058 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 594 325 315 314 314 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 679 Write 590 Mixed 588 SusWrite 408 127% 566 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 67.4 230% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 901 628% 785 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 280%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 462GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 182 182 183 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 185 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 183 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 466GB free Firmware: MS1OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 186 185 187 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 184 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 185 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 132% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.5 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 19.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 63%

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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	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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Value: 60% - Above average

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