Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 9 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.

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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 20:30
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 446 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 72.2 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 64.2 59% 69.5 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 65.3 Splatting 57.2 53% 65.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV500120G 120GB 4,749 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 68 68 70 62 58 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 458 Write 338 Mixed 281 SusWrite 77.8 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 25.9 142% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 117 102% 158 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 83%
Kingston SUV500480G 480GB 7,138 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 446GB free Firmware: 0030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 199 161 163 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 436 Write 440 Mixed 361 SusWrite 189 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 43.9 160% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 170 150% 226 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 179 176 181 179 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 171 Mixed 85 SusWrite 172 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.3 241% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
Kingston DT 100 G2 8GB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 1653 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 4.3 7.9 9.9 9.5 9.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.98% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 9.7 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 7.5 13% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 48% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 23.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 73%

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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